Loading...
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.
Home
My Public Portal
About
1945 Annual Watertown Report (2)
WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 'ANSI. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII wpT�` 3 4868 00590 9312 MAIN Ll���ai�'{ --- - ANNUAL E R PORTS by the officers of the Town of Watertown for the Three,Hundred and Fifteenth Year of its organization FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945 :�cc'coxa�t- LEROY S. EATON Printer Watertown o Massachusetts SEE BACK OF BOOK FOR CONTENTS 3 TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1945 Selectmen EDWARD C. WEBSTER, Chairman Term Expires 1947 JOHN W. O'HEARN, Clerk Term Expires 1948 LAURENCE J. WALSH Term Expires 1946 HELEN E. STONE, Confidential Secretary Committee Assignments ENTIRE BOARD Outside Aid, Aid to Dependent Children, Soldiers' Relief, Old Age Assistance, Infirmary, Civilian Defense. EDWARD C. WEBSTER Police, Workmen's Compensation, Administration Building and An- nex, Insurance, Selectmen's Contingent, Legal. JOHN W. O'HEARN Highways, Sewers and Drainage, Sidewalks, Dust Laying, Engineer- ing, Election Expense, Street Lights. LAURENCE J. WALSH Fire, Inspector of Buildings, Moth Department, Poles and Wires, Dog Officer, Veterinarian. Town Clerk GEORGE B. WELLMAN Term Expires 1946 Auditor WILLIAM W. NORCROSS Term Expires 1946 Treasurer JAMES H. SHERIDAN Term Expires 1948 Collector of Taxes JOHN J. KENNEDY Term Expires 1948 Assessor of Taxes ANDREW D. BRADFORD Term Expires 1946 _ RONALD M. STONE, Secretary Term Expires 1947 ` EDWARD F. WRIGHT Term Expires 1948 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 4 Moderator JOHN M. RUSSELL Term Expires 1946 School Committee F. KING SINGISER, Chairman Term Expires 1947 MABEL G. DRAKE, Secretary Term Expires 1947 J. JOHN GREGORY Term Expires 1946 MARION C. HEALY Term Expires 1946 AUGUSTIN R. PAPALIA Term Expires 1946 KATRINA B. ANDERSON Term Expires 1948 ALLEN W. SHERMAN Term Expires 1948 Trustees Free Public Library W. WHITFIELD JOHNSON, Chairman Term Expires 1946 ESTHER DIMICK, Secretary Term Expires 1947 HUGH J. O'BRIEN Term Expires 1946 MARY R. HARVEY Term Expires 1947 MARY J. BARRY Term Expires 1948 CHARLES T. BURKE Term Expires 1948 Board of Health DR. LOUIS MASTRANGELO, Chairman Term Expires 1947 JOSEPH M. HUGHES Term Expires 1948 DR. EUGENE F. GORMAN Term Expires 1946 Water Commissioners JOHN L. HAYDEN Term Expires 1947 ERNEST K. INGALLS, Secretary Term Expires 1948 CHARLES ARMSTRONG Term Expires 1946 Tree Warden JOHN C. FORD Term Expires 1946 Planning Board CHARLES P. EATON, Chairman Term Expires 1948 JOSEPH S. BLANCHARD, Secretary Term Expires 1946 ERLE S. CHASE Term Expires 1947 HARRY C. CRAWFORD Term Expires 1947 CHARLES F. GATELY Term Expires 1948 Park Commissioners WAYNE E. EATON, Chairman Term Expires 1947 HAROLD A. GODWIN, Clerk Term Expires 1946 JOSEPH F. HANLEY Term Expires 1946 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 5 Constables *JAMES F. CURRY *THOMAS CROWLEY **WALDO P. EMERSON ***WILLIAM M. EMERSON *Declined to serve **Appointed by Selectmen March 2, 1945 for One Year ***Appointed by Selectmen March 24, 1945 for One Year APPOINTED OFFICERS Superintendent of Moth Department JOHN C. FORD Term Expires 1946 Registrars of Voters NORMAN D. MacKAY, Chairman Term Expires 1948 PATRICK D. GLEASON Term Expires 1946 CYRUS M. OHANIAN Term Expires 1947 GEORGE B. WELLMAN Term Expires 1946 Town Physicians PERICLES CANZANELLI, M. D., (Prec. 1, 7) Term Expires 1946 LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M. D., (Prec. 6, 9, 10) Term Expires 1946 YACOUB, TOUZIAN, M. D., (Prec. 2, 3, 4) Term Expires 1946 EUGENE F. GORMAN, M. D., (Prec. 5, 8) Term Expires 1946 Keeper of Lockup EDWARD F. MURRAY Town Counsel WILFRED J. PAQUET Fence Viewers CHARLES JEWELL BROWN PETER WHITE LEROY TITUS Dog Offlcer SAMUEL G. THAYER *GUY P. CLARK "Appointment effective May 8, 1945 Board of Appeals SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO, Chairman Term Expires 1946 EDWARD A. OATES Term Expires 1945 RONALD M. STONE Term Expires 1947 Associate Members THOMAS J. GALLIGAN Term Expires 1947 JOHN B. REGAN Term Expires 1946 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 6 Retirement Board (Contributory Retirement). W. W. NORCROSS (Town Auditor) By Virtue of Office DANIEL JOSEPH CLIFFORD Term Expires 1946 JAMES H. SULLIVAN Term Expires 1947 Finance Committee ALBERT P. BROGLE Term Expires 1946 MATTHEW W. J. CARLEY Term Expires 1946 CORNELIUS J. CARROLL Term Expires 1946 CHARLES F. J. HARRINGTON Term Expires 1946 LAWRENCE E. MALONEY Term Expires 1946 SAMUEL K. TARBELL Term Expires 1946 EARL E. YOUNG Term Expires 1946 LOUIS N. COUSBELIS Term Expires 1947 ARTHUR I. DAVIS Term Expires 1947 HARRY G. ELWELL Term Expires 1947 ELBRIDGE L. FOSTER Term Expires 1947 ALSON H. GOODSELL Term Expires 1947 BERNARD I. LEVINE Term Expires 1947 DOMENICK B. RAYMOND Term Expires 1947 FRANCIS I. BROWN Term Expires 1948 JOHN H. DARDIS Term Expires 1948 EDWARD C. HALL Term Expires 1948 HARRY J. LANDEN Term Expires 1948 THOMAS F. MEGAN Term Expires 1948 ROY C. PAPALIA Term Expires 1948 CLARK B. PARTRIDGE Term Expires 1948 Keeper of Infirmary and Pound HARRY J. YORK OFFICERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE Town Engineer OTIS D. ALLEN Superintendent of Streets THOMAS V. DWYER Inspector of Cattle and Town. Veterinarian HARRY W. JAKEMAN Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 7 Department Public Welfare Welfare Agent JOSEPH F. MURRAY Health Officer JOHN A. COLBERT Superintendent of Cemeteries VAN D. HORTON Superintendent of Parks ARTHUR MOSMAN Superintendent of Water Department MICHAEL B. OATES Chief of Police EDWARD A. MURRAY Chief of Fire Department WILLIAM C. McELROY Inspector of Buildings ELIAS A. PERKINS Inspector of Plumbing EDWARD A. MAURER Inspector of Poles and Wires LEO P. LANDRY Sealer of Weights and Measures FRANK AHEARN Supervisor of Attendance JOSEPH H. CARROLL FRANCIS E. CAVERLY STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 8 STANDING COMMITTEES Under Article 20 of Town meeting of October 14, 1940 it was voted to appoint a Committee to survey and study the advisability of erect- ing a Municipal Recreation Center to report at next Annual Town Meeting. On January 20, 1941 the Moderator appointed the following: Mary F. Gledhill—Helen Dardis— Sebastian Tangusso Oscar F. Hedlund—Evelyn Landen—Vacancy. Under Article 4, Town Meeting of March 30, 1942 it was Voted to appoint a committee of seven to study the salaries of all town employ- ees with a view of establishing a minimum and maximum for all clerks and other town employees, said committee to report at meeting prior to Dec. 31, 1944. Appointed by the Moderator April 12, 1944: *Thomas J. Galligan—Harry J. Landen—Carl W. Johnson—Norman D. MacKay—*Frank A. Fitzpatrick Eric L. Johnson—George E. Freethy. March 19, 1945: Voted that the Town vote to reconstitute and con- tinue the Special Committee authorized by vote of Town Meeting held March 27, 1944, to study, report and recommend on matter of wages and salaries, and appropriate the sum of One Thousand dollars for payment of expenses, said appropriation to be placed on tax levy of current year. (Article 20). Under Article 3 of Town Meeting March 22, 1943, it was voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of Seven consisting of the Chairman of Selectmen, Chairman of Finance Committee, Town Auditor and four others, to study the feasibility of establishing in the Board of Select- men the power to transfer from department to department within the Administration Building, clerical employees according to the needs of the various departments and to report their recommendations at the next Town Meeting. Said Committee to be known as the Clerical Con- trol Committee. Appointed by the Moderator May 24, 1943: Roy C. Papalia—John J. Maguire—Martin L. Vahey— Wm. S. Hughes—Chairman of Selectmen, Finance Committee, and Town Auditor, ex officio. Under Article 18 of March 27, 1944 Town Meeting it was voted to refer the matter of studying the needs and advisability of erection of a Community Center to the'Long Range Planning Committee. Article 19 of Town Meeting of March, 20, 1944 it was voted that a Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator—one member to be the superintendent of Streets, to study the advisability of purchasing land for Dumping purposes. 'Resigned STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 9 Appointed by the Moderator March 28, 1944 subject to provisions of Sec. 8 of Limited Town Meeting Act: John L. Hayden—James Bagnall—Thomas V. Dwyer John H. Dardis—G. Frederick Robinson. Under Article 24, March 27, 1944 it was voted to instruct the Mo- derator to appoint a committee to study the Zoning By-laws of Water- town by bringing them up to date by amendment or change is neces- sary. Said Committee to consist of Planning Board, Board of Appeals and Inspector of Buildings. Article 25 of Town Meeting of March 27, 1944 it was voted that the matter of acquiring by eminent domain or otherwise, additional land adjoining Ridgelawn Cemetery for Cemetery purposes and to appro- priate the necessary funds therefor, be referred to a Committee consist- ing of the Superintendent of Cemeteries, Board of Health and Plan- ning Board. Under Article 22 of April 2, 1945 Town Meeting it was voted that a Committee of Seven be appointed to study the advisability of transfer- ring recreation supervision from the Park Commission to the School Committee year around. Appointed by Moderator July 21, 1945: Francis J. Carey—Wayne E. Eaton—Ruth H. Furber Eric H. Norrby—F. King Singiser—William H. Thomas James J. Bagnall. Under Article 3 of Town Meeting October 9, 1945, it was voted to appoint a Committee of Five to obtain plans and estimates for a muni- cipal incinerator, and to use such funds for this purpose which have been or may be contributed by the Federal Government, and approved by the Emergency Finance Board. Appointed by the Moderator: Selectman John W. O'Hearn--Superintendent of Streets, Thomas V. Dwyer — Inspector of Buildings, Elias A. Perkins—G. Frederick Robinson—Charles L. Sheldon. Under Article 17 of Special Town Meeting October 9, 1945, it was Voted to create a committee to be known as the "Arsenal and Property Recovery Committee" composed of three Selectmen, Town Engineer, Chairman and two other members of the Finance Committee then in office or their successors, and four members at large to be appointed by the Moderator from the Inhabitants of the Town, for the purpose of negotiating with the proper officials of the Federal Government for the use of as much of the facilities of the Arsenal Property as may become available,by industrial and commercial concerns under whatever plan may seem most feasible, and the restoration of such other properties as may be possible to industrial, commercial and housing use. It was also voted that the name "Arsenal Committee" created under Article 31 of Warrant for Annual Meeting of 1945, be changed to "Arsenal and Pro- perty Recovery Committee", and that said Committee be given powers STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 10 contained in Article 17, Warrant for Special Town Meeting of October 9, 1945. Appointed by Moderator: _ Edward C. Webster-John W. O'Hearn-Laurence J. Walsh-Otis D. Allen-Charles F. J. Harrington-Edward C. Hall-Clark B. Partridge-John L. Hayden-Wm. H. Eckert-B. Fay McGlauflin-Charles L. Sheldon. POPULATION The estimated number of inhabitants of Watertown for the year 1915 as shown by the State Census was 16,615; police census, 18,040; Police census in January 1917, 20,055. Estimated population in 1918, 20,500; Police census in January 1919, 21,500. Federal census in January 1920, 21,457. Estimated population in January 1922, 22,500; January 1923, 23,000; January 1924, 25,000; State Census as of April 1, 1925, 25,480. Estimated population January 1926, 27,500; January 1927, 28,500; Jan- uary 1928, 30,000; January 1930, 32,500. Federal census as of April 1, 1930, 34,913. Estimated in January 1933, 36,400; January 1934, 35,600. State census January 1935, 35,827. Estimated January 1937, 35,500; Jan- uary 1938, 37,000; January 1939, 38,000; January 1940, 38,500; Federal census April 1940, officially reported as 35,427. Estimated January 1942, 36,000; Estimated in January 1943, 36,500. Estimated December 31, 1944, 36,500. State census January 1945, 37,438. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION A 11 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Town Election, March 5, 1945 The following persons indicated by star (') were elected and sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. TOTAL VOTE CAST — 9096 (D)-Indicates Democrat (R)—Indicates Republican (F.B.G.)—For Better Government (Nomination Paper) SELECTMAN, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS AND APPRAISER FOR THREE YEARS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Menton, Patrick A. (D) 658 543 215 187 324 257 278 460 232 336 3490 *O'Hearn, John W. (F.B.G.) 198 252 282 515 387 343 505 443 245 364 3534 Shaw, Charles F. (R) 140 170 275 263 174 293 150 102 131 163 1861 Blanks 44 31 •13 11 13 15 23 28 17 16 211 MODERATOR—1 YEAR TERM 'Russell, John M. (R&D) 763 771 678 888 768 796 777 825 493 728 7487 Blanks 277 225 107 88 130 112 179 208 132 151 1609 TREASURER—3.YEAR TERM 'Gardner, Gertrude E. (R) 245 306 395 501 349 470 360 194 199 331 3350 *Sheridan, James H. (D) 717 630 373 463 536 424 569 799 404 524 5439 Blanks 78 60 17 12 13 14 27 40 22 24 307 COLLECTOR OF TAXES—3 YEAR TERM "Kennedy, John J. (R & D) 764 778 666 876 769 795 778 834 495 728 7483 Blanks 276 218 119 100 129 113 178 199 130 151 1613 SCHOOL COMMITTEE-3 YEAR TERM "Anderson, Katrina B. (R) 307 406 479 712 400 568 515 240 263 364 4254 Armstrong, Anna V. (D) 590 533 251 217 402 278 357 650 284 426 3988 'Sherman, Allan W. (R) 295 353 476 687 438 555 514 263 271 374 4226 'Sullivan, Alice D. (D) 580 480 249 227 404 289 362 638 282 439 3950 :Blanks 308 220 115 109 152 126 164 275 150 155 1774 ASSESSOR OF TAXES—3 YEAR TERM MacDonald, Donald J. (D) 593 532 248 232 398 291 386 669 320 474 4143 'Wright, Edward F. (R) 364 409 518 723 466 593 525 309 277 373 4557 Blanks 83 55 19 21 34 24 45 55 28 32 396 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 12 WATER COMMISSIONER—3 YEAR TERM *Ingalls, Ernest K. (R) 334 389 500 707 448 609 578 325 284 385 455£ Levy, Harold E. (D) 579 507 244 224 386 246 312 622 272 427 3819 Blanks 127 100 41 45 64 53 66 86 69 67 718 TRUSTEES FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY-3 YEAR TERM *Barry, Mary J. (D) 614 536 267 247 449 295 396 710 325 473 4312 *Burke, Charles T. (D) 580 552 278 264 432 297 381 669 310 459 4222 Hemphill,J.Stephenson (R) 271 329 449 673 403 533 477 211 235 317 3898 Wright, Frank W. (R) 323 340 473 673 375 565 485 240 246 343 4063 Blanks 292 235 103 95 137 126 173 236 134 166 1697 BOARD OF HEALTH—3 YEAR TERM *Hughes, Joseph M. (D) 620 527 267 262 450 303 382 721 309 474 4315 King, Nelson D. (R) 313 365 490 679 399 571 506 238 261 353 4175 Blanks 107 104 28 35 49 34 68 74 55 52 606 TREE WARDEN—1 YEAR TERM Argento, Frank J. (R) 388 330 385 527 337 447 423 199 217 277 3530 *Ford, John C. (D) 555 573 364 419 518 430 485 768 357 553 5022 Blanks 97 93 36 30 43 31 48 66 51 49 544 PARK COMMISSIONER-3 YEAR TERM Brown, Joseph J. (R) 275 342 455 666 382 567 488 240 264 349 4028 *Hanley, Joseph F. (D) 618 535 280 265 450 297 388 696 304 472 4305 Blanks 147 119 50 45 66 44 80 97 57 58 763 PLANNING BOARD—3 YEAR TERM *Eaton, Charles P. (R) 341 409 506 709 420 597 554 289 282 411 4519 *Gately, Charles F. (D) 615 553 257 239 430 287 347 670 309 437 4144 Hodsdon, Reginald G. (R) 256 295 441 657 381 535 479 213 222 336 3815 Neville, Edwin J. (D) 539 459 242 227 391 275 326 602 271 389 3721 Blanks 329 276 124 120 174 122 206 292 166 185 1994 CONSTABLES—1 YEAR TERM *tJames F.Currie,138 Main St. 7 5 1 3 8 1 25 *tThomas Crowley,13 Quincy St. 2 2 Scattering 1 4 4 1 3 6 4 1 24 Blanks 3112 2982 2351 2928 2688 2720 2865 3085 1871 2635 27237 *Elected ,[Declined to serve STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 13 PRECINCT ONE TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) *Louis Caporiccio 9 Kimball Rd. 517 Dexter S. Cohen 30 Kimball Rd. 269 Katherine Connearney 756 Mt. Auburn St. 376 *Arthur M. Grace 745 Mt. Auburn St. 379 Karop Hagopian 29 Hillcrest Circle 276 *Mary A. Kelly 756 Mt. Auburn St. 502 *Edward C. Kenney 11 Edgecliffe Rd. 458 James Lionetti 23 Irma Ave. 315 *John J. McGann 8 Cottage Lane 419 *Edward F. Morley 22 Hillcrest Circle 454 Michael A. O'Loughlin 33 Brimmer St. 334 Theodore, F. Parent 820 Mt. Auburn St. 271 "William J. Ryan 153 Hillside Rd. 464 *Mary Sullivan 56 Prentiss St. 415 *Albert Valentino 21 Prentiss St. 445 Tatoul B. Zulalian 15 Templeton Pkwy. 256 Blanks 3210 One Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1946) *Thomas P. Morley 16 Kimball Rd. 606 Blanks 434 PRECINCT TWO Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) *John Callahan 194 Boylston St. 591 *John Christopher 175 Boylston St. 536 *Robert Elmer Gallagher 7 Dexter Ave. 563 *Florence Higgins 25 Dartmouth St. 589 *Mary E. Murphy 17 Fairfield St. 538 *Esther T. Oates 37 Hazel St. 604 Mary F. O'Donnell 531 Mt. Auburn St. 527 'George J. O'Neil 8 Oak St. 569 *Wilfred J. Paquet 95 Spruce St. 577 *Michael Ryder 61 Hazel St. 530 Charles Gately 37 Melendy Ave. 1 Blanks 3339 Two Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1947) "Leon Caragulian 121 Dexter Ave. 3 Scattering 4 Blanks 989 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 14 PRECINCT THREE Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) *Gerald W. Banfil 24 Carver Rd. 539 *Elmer H. Comey 23 Carver Rd. 546 *Sybil Danforth 7 Richards Rd. 539 *Albert T. MacKay 117 Stoneleigh Rd. 550 *Eric H. Norrby 9 Langdon Ave. 566 *Charles F. Shaw 62 Langdon Ave. 543 *Charles L. Sheldon 311 School St. 578 *Anna R. Toscano 1 Langdon Ave. 532 *John M. Wathen 24 Richards Rd. 508 William Hamilton 55 Langdon Ave. 1 Thomas McIntyre 60 Langdon Ave. 1 Blanks 2162 Two Year Term — Vote for Two (To expire in 1947) *F. King Singiser 73 Winsor Ave. 590 *J. Garfield Stone 68 Winsor Ave. 589 Blanks 391 PRECINCT FOUR Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) *Charles Armstrong 69 Walnut St. 613 Laura M. Blocksom 87 Barnard Ave. 564 ~Paul E. Chase 33 Lincoln St. 699 *Roy E. Denison 116 Garfield St. 655 *Ruth H. Furber 11 Bates Rd. 716 "Harry G. Hammond 238 Bellevue Rd. 594 *Eric L. Johnson 87 Barnard Ave. 752 *Winthrop J. Snow r_ 83 Barnard Ave. 731 "L. Bennett Turner 33 Robbins Rd. 732 *Donald D. Wright 127 Barnard Ave. 713 Blanks 2015 PRECINCT FIVE Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) 'Edward E. Bruce 26 Phillips St. 405 *John J. Colligan 5 Royal St. 401 *Effie Comstock 103 No. Beacon St. 410 *William A. Coolidge 15 Pequossette St. 391 'John Joseph Cunniff 10 Thurston Rd. 386 Lena T. Dooley 38 Parker St. 269 Gabriel Farrell 175 No. Beacon St. 415 Thomas J. Galligan 12 Palmer St. 356 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 15 Edward C. Hall 65 Mt. Auburn St. 376 Ernest H. Macurdy 43 Chester St. 312 Harold F. Mahan 27 Beacon Park 242 Stephen A. Moynihan 246 No. Beacon St. 318 *Andrew E. McDermott 105 Riverside St. 395 Paul L. Neal 52 Phillips St. 284 Herbert L. Paine 23 Phillips St. 374 Thomas P. Perry 219 Arsenal St. 245 Allan W. Sherman 103 Beechwood Ave. 412 *Walter R. Whitman, Jr. 32 Priest Rd. 419 Blanks 1672 Two Year Term — Vote for Two (To expire in 1947) 'John W. Thompson 34 Priest Rd. 546 *Harry Quilty 85 Mt. Auburn St. 4 Scattering 7 Blanks 1239 One Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1946) 'Ferdinand C. Hutchings 7 Fletcher Ter. 314 Harry J. Quilty 85 Mt. Auburn St. 253 Blanks 331 PRECINCT SIX Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) Joseph S. Blanchard 138 Forest St. 252 Walter M. Campbell 21 Springfield St. 348 *Francis J. Carey 22 Lovell Rd. 398 Frank J. Curtin 87 Fitchburg St. 258 Frank J. Heshion 92 Fitchburg St. 178 William H. Holmes 55 Channing Rd. 366 *Everett A. Kelley 92 Poplar St. 432 *John A. MacRury 63 Orchard St. 432 John J. Martin 80 Bradford Rd. 503 Hugh J. McDonald 35 Bradford Rd. 234 'James E. Norbury 230 Orchard St. 530 Osbert H. Parrine 31 Lovell Rd. 275 Daniel B. Reid 49 Fitchburg St. 212 "Elijah B. Robertson 59 Hovey St. 448 'Theodore B. Robinson 255 Orchard St. 478 Edmund F. Sands, Jr. 92 Bradford Rd. 250 'James Thompson, Jr. 11 Lovell Rd. 507 William R. Tuscher 18 Bradford Rd. 203 *John B. Whelan 72 Fitchburg St. 442 Blanks 1426 PRECINCT SEVEN Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) Horatio Butters 277 Main St. 333 Paul T. Dwyer 52 Bartlett St. 358 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 16 *Robert F. Field 104 Church St. 534 *William B. Harvey 106 Mt. Auburn St. 516 *Jarvis B. Keene 40 Fayette St. 496 Ellen Linehan 4 Hawthorne St. 290 Eugene M. Merullo 69 Forest St. 208 *K. Chesley Minty 30 Everett Ave. 408 *Ralph F. Perry 125 Summer St. 542 *George S. Prouty 11 Florence Terrace 389 John P. Quirk 57 Quirk St. 274 *G. Frederick Robinson 106 Mt. Auburn St. 516 Joseph Russo 241 Palfrey St. 244 Mary M. Schiavone 4 Hawthorne St. 157 *Carl B. Stanley 71 Whites Ave. 511 *Edson G. Waterhouse 92 Mt. Auburn St. 443 Blanks 2385 One Year Term — Vote for Three (To expire in 1946) *William J. Coumans 146 Spring St. 612 *Grace E. Stephens 69 Summer St. 636 *Edward F. Wright 44 Fayette St. 643 Blanks 977 PRECINCT EIGHT Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) *Mortimer H. Calden 52 Morse St. 613 *Daniel Joseph Clifford 80 Green St. 684 *Richard J. Greenough 58 Morse St. 638 *Thomas F. Joyce 23 Boyd St. 671 *Albert P. Kelley 14 Maple St. 646 *Albert F. Leary 137 Galen St. 623 *Henry L. Mahan 44 Eliot St. 623 *Bernard P. Mannix 7 Church Hill St. 653 *Francis Quinlan 68 Green St. 697 Blanks 3449 Two Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1947) *Frank Cerrati 78 Main St. 630 Blanks 403 One Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1946) r Scattering 4 Blanks 1029 i No Election PRECINCT NINE Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) *Donald Allen Branagan 104 Waverley Ave. 261 *Joseph E. Broderick 91 Lexington St. 297 `Gilbert L. Brown 870 Belmont St. 273 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 17 Roger Carta 34 Holt St. 110 *Christy Connolly 129 Edenfield Ave. 336 Malcolm A. Gray 44 Whitney St. 185 ' *Frank Iodice 117 Warren St. 310 *Michael J. Kelly 49 Bancroft St. 221 Chester B. Lagerblade 4a Hilltop Rd. 124 Frank MacIsaac 1621/-- Sycamore St. 214 Margaret T. Mann 137 Lexington St. 217 *Patrick J. O'Malley 32 Edenfield Ave. 287 *Daniel O'Shea 82 Edenfield Ave. 238 Dominic Pallone 15 Linden St. 197 Carl J. Thyberg 14 Harnden Ave. 202 Norman E. Ticehurst 247 Highland Ave. 151 *Frank J. Vaughan 14 Edenfield Ave. 282 Scattering 2 Blanks 1718 Two Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1947) *Joseph Brusellis 167 Edenfield Ave. 372 Blanks 253 One Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1946) Eva M. Eagleson 60 Hillside St. 15 Scattering 14 Blanks 596 PRECINCT TEN Three Year Term — Vote for Nine (To expire in 1948) -Mary D. W. Barry 669 Main St. 511 *William J. Clark, Jr. 672 Main St. 498 *Joseph P. Connors 57 Olcott St. 528 *Joseph F. Hanley 201 Acton St. 434 "George S. Hanley, Jr. 11 Olney St. 501 *Helen J. McHugh 19 Emerson Rd. 569 Harold W. McKelvey 29 Gilbert St. 422 Michael John Moxley 31 Morton St. 318 Patrick O'Rourke 26 Morton St. 390 William David Platt 40a Waltham St. 289 *Gerard J. Riley 82 Lexington St. 486 *John P. Williams 514 Main St. 479 James Maloney 38 Olcott St. 2 Blanks 2484 Two Year Term — Vote for One (To expire in 1947) *James A. Maloney 38 Olcott St. 14 Scattering 9 Blanks 856 The result of count of votes cast at the Annual Town Election was forwarded to the Secretary of State. In accordance with Chapter 51, Section 61, the return of the regis- tered voters at the close of registration, Wednesday, February 21, 1945, was forwarded to the Secretary of State. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 18 In accordance with Chapter 54, Section 132, the number of persons who voted in each precinct was forwarded to the Secretary of Statt. In connection with the work of the Department of Corporations and Taxation, a list of Town officials was forwarded to Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts. GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Celrk. ATTEST: Record of Recount of Votes Office of Selectman — March 13, 1945 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Menton, Patrick A. (D) 655 541 216 188 322 257 278 459 235 336 3487 O'Hearn,John W. (F.B.G.) 202 254 281 514 386 344 505 446 241 364 3537 Shaw, Charles F. (R) 144 171 275 263 178 291 150 104 134 164 1874 Blanks 39 30 13 11 12 16 23 26 15 15 200 GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Celrk. ATTEST: - Notice of Adjourned Town Meeting Monday Evening, March 26, 1945 Notice is hereby given that the Town Meeting called for Monday evening, March 19, 1945, has been adjourned until MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1945, at 7.30 P. M. to meet in the Senior High School build- ing, on Columbia Street, in said Town of Watertown, at which time and place all unfinished business called for in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1945, being Article 3, with exception of items already voted upon, and Articles 5 to 39 inclusive, with excep- tion of Articles 17, 20, and 26, which have already been acted upon, will come before the meeting for consideration and action. Reconsideration Notices March 20, 1945 To the Town Clerk: I herewith file notice that I intend to seek reconsideration at the adjourned meetings to be held on March 26, 1945, of action taken under Article 20, at the meeting held on Monday, March 19. This is in accordance with Section 15, of Chapter 2, of the By-laws. s/ANDREW W. BRADFORD March 20, 1945 To the Town Clerk: In accordance with Section 15, of Chapter 2, of the By-laws, I hereby file notice that I intend to move for reconsideration at the adjourned meeting to be held March 26, 1945 on the question of salary of Senior Clerk in the Auditor's Department. Very truly yours, s/LAURENCE J. WALSH STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 19 To the Moderator: March 19,1945 Please consider a motion to be made at the adjourned meeting to reconsider the vote of the Selectmen's salaries. s/KENNETH H. ERSKINE And the legal voters of the Town of Watertown are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place herein specified by posting copies of this notice in ten or more conspicuous public places in Town twenty-four hours at least prior to the time of said meeting and also by causing a copy of the same to be published in a Watertown newspaper. Given under our hands this twenty-first day of March, A. D. 1945. JOHN M. RUSSELL, Moderator GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Clerk Notice of Adjourned Town Meeting Monday Evening, April 2, 1945 Notice is hereby given the legal voters of the Town of Watertown that the Adjourned Annual Meeting called for March 26, 1945, has been adjourned until MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1945, at 7.30 P. M. to meet in the Senior High School Building, on Columbia Street, in said Town of Watertown, at which time and place all unfinished business called for in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of March 5, 1945, being Article 3, with exception of items already voted upon, and Articles 5, 6, 7, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 27 to 39 inclusive, will come before the meeting for consideration and action. Reconsideration Notices To the Town Clerk: March 28, 1945 I herewith file notice that I intend to seek reconsideration at the adjourned meeting to be held April 2, 1945 of action taken under Article 19, at the meeting held on March 26, 1945, in accordance with Section 15 of Chapter 2, of the By-Laws. EARL E. YOUNG Mr. George Wellman, March 28, 1945 Town Clerk Dear Sir: I am asking for a reopening of the salaries voted for Junior Clerks of the Public Welfare Department of Watertown, at the Town Meeting held Monday, March 26, 1945. Action on same to be taken up at the Town Meeting to be held Monday, April 2, 1945. Respectfully, JOHN W. O'HEARN STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 20 March 28, 1945 To the Town Clerk: In accordance with Section 15, of Chapter 2, of the By-laws, I hereby file notice that I intend to move for reconsideration at the ad- journed meeting to be held on April 2, 1945, on the question of Super- visor No. 1, in the Department of Public Welfare. Very truly yours, JOHN F. MILMORE And the legal voters of the Town of Watertown are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place herein specified by posting copies of this notice in ten or more conspicuous public places in Town twenty-four hours at least prior to the time of said meeting and also by causing a copy of the same to be published in a Watertown news- paper. Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of March, A. D. 1945. JOHN M. RUSSELL, Moderator GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Clerk Record of Annual Adjourned Town Meeting March 19, 26 and April 2, 1945 The meeting was called to order on March 19, 1945, by Moderator John M. Russell at 7:50 P. M. Officers' return on warrant was read by Town Clerk George B. Well- man. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Edson G. Waterhouse, pastor of St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church. Number of Town Meeting Members necessary for a quorum: 93. Number of Town Meeting Members present on March 19, as reported by records of Harry J. York, and Patrick D. Gleason, checkers, 244. Number of Town Meeting Members present on March 26, as reported by records of Harry J. York, and Patrick D. Gleason, checkers, 210. Number of Town Meeting Members present on April 2, as reported by records of Arthur Mosman and Patrick D. Gleason, checkers, 145. The Town Meeting Members present, who had not previously taken the oath of faithful performance of duty, were sworn by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. Notices were received on March 19, from the chairmen of Precincts 3, 6, and 8, respectively, of the election to fill town meeting member vacancies of: Felix A. Leonard, 63 Hillside Road, to fill vacancy in Precinct 3, 1947 term, caused by the election of F. King Singiser to the chairman- ship of the School Committee. Osbert H. Parrine, 31 Lovell Road, to fill vacancy in Precincts 6, 1947 term, caused by the election of John L. Hayden to the chairman- ship of the Water Board. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 21 Francis X. Walsh, 70 Green Street, to flll vacancy in Precinct 8, 1946 term, caused by the non-election of a candidate on the ballot election day, March 5. Notices were received on March 26, from the chairmen of Precincts 2, 5, 6, and 10, respectively, of the election to fill town meeting member vacancies of: Carroll C. Whittemore, 20 Dexter Avenue, to fill vacancy in Precinct Two in the 1946 term, caused by the resignation of Michael McEnaney. Arthur J. McEnaney, 183 School Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Two in the 1946 term, caused by the appointment of Wilfred J. Paquet as Town Counsel. Thomas J. Galligan, 12 Palmer Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Five in the 1946 term, caused by the death of Ferdinand Hutchings. Joseph A. Dwyer, 30 Stuart Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Ten in the 1946 term, caused by the removal from town of Alberta Boehm. Notice was received on April 2, from the Chairman of Precinct Seven, of the election to fill the following vacancy: Walter Everett, 120 Marshall Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Seven in the 1948 term, caused by the death of George Prouty. March 19, 1945 On motion of Chairman Edward C. Webster of the Selectmen, duly seconded, it was VOTED: (Unanimously) That it be the sense of the meeting that the business of March 19, be adjourned at 11 o'clock and that all items not finished at that time be heard at a postponed meeting to be held on Monday, March 26, 1945, at 7:30 P. M. March 19, 1945 American Red Cross The courtesy of the meeting was extended to Norman D. MacKay, chairman of the American Red Cross drive in Watertown, who informed the town meeting that Watertown was behind in its quota, that only 60 per cent had been raised to date. With the words "Watertown cannot fail," he urged all to rally to the cause. April 2, 1945 Tribute to Persons in Armed Forces It was moved by Laurence J. Walsh, duly seconded, and it was VOTED: (Unanimously) That the members of the Town Meeting stand in silence for one minute in tribute to the men and women of the Town who are serving our country in the armed forces, and to those members who gave their lives for the cause. ARTICLE 2. To hear the report of the Town Officers as printed and to hear the report of any committee heretofore appointed, and act thereon. March 19, 1945 VOTED (Unanimously) That the reports of the Town Officers as printed in the Town Report for 1944 be and they are hereby accepted. Incinerator Committee: Chairman John L. Hayden of the Incinerator Committee submitted a verbal report, stating that "there is no change from last year, priorities are still required." STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 22 Long-Range Planning Committee: Chairman John L. Hayden of the Long-Range Planning Committee submitted a verbal report, stating that it was the hope of the com- mittee to submit a final printed report to all town meeting members. Mr. Hayden moved that Article 17, be taken up out of order. This motion was duly seconded and was so voted. Zoning Committee: Chairman Charles P. Eaton submitted a report for the committee on the study of the Zoning By-Laws. The report follows: Zoning Committee Report March 12, 1945 To the Honorable Towri Meeting: Your committee, consisting of the Planning Board, the Board of Appeals, and the Building Inspector, held periodic meetings throughout the year to study the zoning laws for the purpose of making changes where such changes were deemed expedient, as instructed to do by the town meeting. After making an intensive study, your committee concluded that many of the zoning laws could be made more workable. Your committee is also of the opinion that it is advisable to sub- divide zone one, single residence, into two groups differing in size and coverage of lots. This revision or amendment would permit the erection of a smaller type single house with less. frontage and side yard than is now permitted. Such structures could not be built except on property which is not suitable to the more strict regulations now provided in zone one. The committee is also of the opinion that many of the laws are not as workable as they should be. For example, the laws refer to light and heavy manufacturing. We will recommend changes which will create a sharper dividing line between these industries by clarifying the definition. Your committee is likewise of the opinion that the occupancy laws could be modified in order to be more practicable. They could be made less expensive for the individual to observe and the town to administer. Therefore recommendations will be proposed which will allow the building inspector to give occu- pancy permits provided the individual proposes to conduct a business permitted in the zoning law. This would allow the Board of Appeals more time to consider matters involving a variance and would at the same time make the observance of the law less cumbersome. Although the committee has as yet not completed its work, we feel that•in the near future we will have constructive amend- ments to propose. However, it has been necessary to request a small appropriation, which we hope will be approved by the town meeting. To carry on its work properly, and to place the report in the hands of the town meeting for its study, it will be necessary for the committee to employ secretarial services. We beg your favorable consideration of our request. Approved by the committee in toto, and respectfully sub- mitted, CHARLES P. EATON, Chairman Mr. Eaton moved that Article 26, be taken up out of order. This motion was duly seconded and was so voted. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 23 Committee on Land for Cemetery Purposes: Dr. Eugene F. Gorman submitted a written report for the Com- mittee to Study the matter of Acquiring Additional Land for Cemetery Purposes. The recommendations of the committee follow: 1. That additional land is needed for burial purposes, and that said land should be land adjacent to the present Ridgelawn Cemetery. 2. That funds of the Cemetery sale of lots funds are suffi- cient to acquire such additional land, without any recourse to taxation to finance any such addition to existing facilities. 3. That the only desirable and practical land for such an addition would be land adjoining Ridgelawn Cemetery to the northwest, and running from Warren Street on the North to Highland Avenue on the South, known as the Keenan Estate, being undeveloped at the present time, and containing 257,790 square feet, more or less. 4. That the Town meeting adopt the recommendations of this Committee and take suitable action under the proper article upon a request for funds made by the Board of Health acting as Cemetery Commissioners, and favorably recommended by the Finance Committee. March 19, 1945 Salary Committee: Thomas J. Galligan, chairman, submitted a verbal report for the Salary Committee. On motion of George Freethy, duly seconded, it was moved that Article 20, be taken up out of order. It was so voted. March 19, 1945 Resolution—Bernard S. McHugh The following resolution relating to the late Bernard S. McHugh was presented by Patrick A. Menton, chairman of committee, and on motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously adopted: BERNARD S. McHUGH The inhabitants of the Town of Watertown, its officials and employees desiring to inscribe an enduring memorial on the records of the Town in the loss which all sustained by reason of the death of the late Bernard S. McHugh, hereby in Town Meet- ing assembled, adopt the following resolutions: On the sixth day of June, 1943, our townsman, Bernard S. McHugh, a foremost citizen and former member of the Board of Selectmen answered the call that comes to all that is mortal. Born in Watertown on April 3, 1892, and educated in the Watertown schools he conducted a very successful business for many years. He served as a member of the Board of Selectmen from 1939 to 1942 besides holding membership in many other important community committees and activities. Of sterling character, he brought to all his endeavors, sound judgment, fair dealings, courage and honesty. His contribution to wholesome living and civic righteousness is measured by the many friends he established for himself in all walks of life. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 24 His kindliness and willingness to assist his less fortunate fellow beings was one of his outstanding characteristics. His rugged character, his personal attractiveness and his human qualities endeared him to all man-kind. He was a worker in all good causes, active, untiring and capable in all his undertakings, one who by his energy, capacity and devotion to these undertakings made his mark therein, and obtained by his efforts not only success, but the respect, esteem and confidence of all his business associates. Faithful to the highest ideals of public service, efficient beyond most men, pos- sessed of a keen sense of humor, exuding deep felt courtesy, he was the ideal public servant. Devoted husband and father, his home, his friends and the Town suffer because of his passing. The Inhabitants of the Town of Watertown, through these resolutions, wish to record their appreciation of what he has done and their deep sense of loss, and desire to express to his widow and children and loved ones sympathy and condolences with the hope that they may be aided in their sorrow and grief by the knowledge that he enriched the lives of all who knew him and that his memory will be forever cherished. Resolved that these resolutions be embodied in the records of the Town of Watertown and that the Town Clerk be in- structed to send a copy of the same to his widow. Respectfully submitted by the Committee, PATRICK A. MENTON Lieutenant H. HERBERT APPLIN GEORGE B. WELLMAN March 19, 1945 On motion of Chairman Edward C. Webster of the Board of Select- men, duly seconded, it was VOTED: (Unanimously) That a Committee of Five be appointed by the Moderator to draw up appropriate resolutions on the death of John Foster Tufts, prominent local citizen, and president of the Union Market National Bank. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 19.) Mr. G. Frederick Robinson submitted the following report of the "Committee to Study Into the Advisability of Purchasing Land for Dumping Purposes." Report of Committee To Study Into The Advisability of Purchasing Land for Dumping Purposes Because the capacity of the dump on Pleasant Street will be exhausted in about five years, your committee was asked to select a new site for a dumping place. The Town is so thickly settled the choice was limited to one locality; namely the land between Coolidge Avenue and Grove Street, in the easterly part of the town, belonging to the J. H. McNamara Company. As this tract is bounded northerly by Mt. Auburn Cemetery and southerly by land of the Hood Rubber Company and the United States Arsenal, it will never be used STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 25 for residential purposes. About three years ago, the State Board of Health received complaints about smoke arising from the dumps of the McNamara Company, the Hood Rubber Company and the Arsenal, also from residents of Newton across the river from the dump on Pleasant Street, but owing to the war, no action was taken. Recently some of these complaints have been renewed. - It is a certainty, that at the close of the war, the State Board of Health will forpid the burning of rubbish in open fires. This site is perfect for an incinerator for close by there is a large depression into which the ashes from the incinerator can be dumped thereby obviating the expense of trucking them away, as is now done in Cambridge and Newton. A large part of this tract consists of good sand, which the Superintendent of Streets claims can be used for sanding streets, thereby saving the ex- pense of sand which he is now obliged to buy. We have obtained from the McNamara Company an option to purchase this tract containing about 22 acres for its assessed valuation plus the taxes for 1945 amounting to about $50,000.00. This option expires May 6th. Your committee cannot too strongly urge the acceptance of this offer NOW. For to take it later by eminent domain would mean an additional $12,000.00 and it might be still more should the case go to a jury. Respectfully submitted G. FREDERICK ROBINSON, Chairman THOMAS V. DWYER, Secretary JAMES J. BAGNALL JOHN L. HAYDEN JOHN H. DARDIS Members of the Committee March 26, 1945 Resolution—Gennaro Capaldi WHEREAS, our nation is at war with the forces of aggres- sion and is pledged to carry the fight to a victorious finish, and WHEREAS, Watertown's share in the struggle has included sending thousands of our young men and women into our armed forces, and WHEREAS, their service entails their being taken from familiar scenes and being compelled to make great personal sacrifices, and WHEREAS, it is the duty of each of us to make every possible effort to lighten their task and to make them feel that they are constantly in our thoughts, and WHEREAS, our fellow-townsman, Gennaro Capaldi, has pointed the way in this important work, and by his patriotism, his unselfishness and his willingness to give of his time and substance, has established a sympathetic tie between our fighting men and their loved ones at home, and WHEREAS, his efforts in behalf of those with the colors have brought great credit and marked renown to our community, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Town of Watertown take this means of assuring Gennaro Capaldi of its appreciation of his benefac- tions, of the esteem in which he is held by the families of the STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 26 boys and girls on the fighting fronts and of the universal regard in which we hold him as a real American. And be it further RESOLVED, that this expression of our opinion be spread upon the Town records and a copy made available for him. Given under our hands this 26th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1945: EDWARD C. WEBSTER JOHN W. O'HEARN LAURENCE J. WALSH Selectmen of the Town of Watertown April 2, 1945 Committee on Recreation Supervision: Moderator John M. Russell entertained the following motion referring to subject matter of Article 22, made by James Norbury and duly seconded, and it was VOTED: That a Committee of Seven (7) be appointed to study the advisability of transferring recreation supervision from the Park Commission to the School Committee year around. Reconsideration Notices March 20, 1945 To the Town Clerk: I herewith file notice that I intend to seek reconsideration at the adjourned meeting to be held on March 26, 1945, of action taken under Article 20, at the meeting held on Monday, March 19. This is in accord- ance with Section 15, of Chapter 2 of the By-laws. ANDREW D. BRADFORD March 26, 1945 VOTED: Not to reconsider Article 20. March 20, 1945 To the Town Clerk: In accordance with Section 15, of Chapter 2, of the By-Laws, I hereby file notice that I intend to move for reconsideration at the ad- journed meeting to be held March 26, 1945 on the question of salary of Senior Clerk in the Auditor's Department. Very truly yours, LAURENCE J. WALSH Member, Board of Selectmen March 26, 1945 VOTED: Reconsideration was put to the meeting and defeated. March 19, 1945 To the Moderator: Please consider a motion to be made at the adjourned' meeting to reconsider the vote of the Selectmen's salaries. KENNETH ERSKINE March 26, 1945 ACTION: No move for reconsideration was put before the meeting. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 27 To the Town Clerk: March 28, 1945 I herewith file notice that I intend to seek reconsideration at the adjourned meeting to be held on April 2, 1945 of action taken under Article 19 at the meeting held on March 26, 1945. In accordance with Section 15 of Chapter 2 of the By-Laws. EARL E. YOUNG (Note: See action under Article 19.) Mr. George Wellman, March 28, 1945 Town Clerk, Watertown, Mass. Dear Sir: I am asking for a reopening of the salaries, voted for the Junior Clerks, of the Public Welfare Dept. of Watertown, at the Town Meeting held Monday, March 26, 1945. Action on same to be taken up at the Town Meeting to be held Mon- day, April 2, 1945. Respectfully, JOHN W. O'HEARN (Note: See action under Article 3, preceding total appropriation.) To the Town Clerk: March 28, 1945 In accordance with Section 15, of Chapter 2, of the By-laws, I hereby file notice that I intend to move for reconsideration at the adjourned meeting to be held on April 2nd, 1945 on the Question of Supervisor No. 1 in the Department of Public Welfare. Very truly yours, JOHN F. MILMORE April 2, 1945 John F. Milmore moved reconsideration of salary of Supervisor No. 1, in the Welfare Department. Town Counsel Wilfred J. Paquet ruled that action could not be reconsidered because reconsideration had been put at previous meeting. ARTICLE 3. To grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the Town for the current year, direct how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 19, 1945 Under Article 3, C. F. J. Harrington, Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee, moved a bonus of 20 per cent, based on the 1944 wage scale, to be paid quarterly to each employee permanently employed by the Town, subject to conditions and restrictions, contained in report of Finance Committee on page 5, of its recommendations. Chairman Edward C. Webster of the Selectmen moved a substitute motion that the town meeting follow the recommendations of the Selectmen and Department Heads. The motion to adopt a sense of the meeting vote to follow the recommendations of the Finance Committee was not carried. The sub- STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 28 stitute motion prevailed, and the meeting proceeded to vote on salary items. VOTED: That the following items as shown in Schedule be and are hereby appropriated for the use of the various Town Departments for the current year. General Administration ($124,544.50) Moderator ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . $150.00 Selectmen's Department Selectmen's Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 3,250.60: (Chairman $1,250; 2 rr $1,000) Selectmen's Bonus . . . . . . . .. . . . . ... ......... ... . . . . . . . . 650.00 Private Secretary ..... . . . . . . ... ... .. ........ . ...... . . . 1,980.00, Contingencies .... .. . .... . . . . . . . . . ..... ...... . .. .. .. . . 500.00 Out-of-State Travel ... ..... .. . . . ......... ........... . . 1,000.00: Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary ........ .. ... . ... . ................ . . 4,500.00 Principal Clerk . . . . .................. . ......... .... .... 1,980.00' Senior Clerk . . .. . .................. . .... . . ... . ... .... .. 1,620.00 Senior Clerk . .. . . . .. .. . ............. .. . .... ... . . ... . . . 1,620.00 Contingencies . . . . . .. ............. .. . ... ...... . ... . ... 1,400.00 Collector's Department Collector's Salary . . . . . . . .. . ... ... ....... .. .. .. . . . . . .. . . 4,500.00 Deputy Collector . . .. . . . . . .......... . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980.00 Deputy Collector . . . . . .. .. . . .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,980.00 First Clerk . . ... . ... . . . . 1,620.00 Second Clerk .. ... .... . ..... 1,200.00. Tax Taking Expenses . . .. . .. . ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 Recording Instruments . .. . .. . . ..... ........ ... . .. . . ... 75.00 Contingent ....... . . . . . .. . ... . .......... ...... ... . .. . . 1,382.50 Auditor's Department Auditor's Salary .. . . . . . . . . . .............. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 4,500.00 Principal Clerk .......... ... ............... ...... . .... . 1,980.00 Senior Clerk ........ . .. . .. . ................... .. ... .... 1,320.00 Contingencies . ....... . . . ..... .... .............. . ..... 800.00 Assessors' Department Assessors' Salaries ....... .... ... 4,800.00. Principal Clerk . .............. ................ ........ 1,980.00 Senior Clerk ............................. .. ....... . . .. 1,620.00. Junior Clerk ...... ... .... .... .............. . ..... .... 1,200.00 Contingencies .......... ........ ...................... 2,150.00 Finance Committee ....... . . . .. . .. . ... . ................ ... 2,000.00 Legal Services Salary of Town Counsel ... . . . . . ... . .. ......... ...... . . 2,500.00 Contingencies . . . . ........ .. .. ... . . ................... 2,000.00 Town Clerk's Department Salary of Town Clerk . . . . . .. . . . ... .... . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . 4,500.00 Principal Clerk . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . .. . . . . . . . 1,980.00 Principal Clerk & Stenographer . . . . .. ........... . . . . . . 1,980.00 Jr. Clerk & Stenographer ...... . . . . ... ............. . ... 1,260.00 Contingent . . . . . . . . . .. . ........ .. . . . . .. .. .. . .......... 1,060.00- STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 29 Purchasing Department (April 1) Salary of Purchasing Agent . .... . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . 3,000.00' Principal Clerk (April 1) .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. .. 1,485.00 Contingencies . . .. .................... . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . 2,000.00 Engineering Department Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ............ . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14,900.00 Contingent . .. .. . . ..... .. ........ .... ... .... . . . . . . .. . . 800.00 Election Expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .......... . . . . . . . . . . 3,460.00 Registrars of Voters: Salaries of 4 men rr $300 . . . .... ............. . . . . . . . . . . 1,200.00 Permanent Ass't Registrar . . ........ . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,620.00 Listing Board .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . .. ....... . . . . 1,283.00 Printing Voting Lists .... . .. . . . . .. . . . . . ............... .. . . . 625.00 Town Hall Department Senior Custodian . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . ...... .. . . . . .. 2,200.00 Junior Custodian . . .. . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .......... .... 2,100.00 Telephone Operator ..... . . . . .... . . ... . . ............ .. . 1,620.00 Relief Operator .... ...... . ..... ..... .... ............. .. 490.00 Telephone . ............. .. . ....... .. . . .. . . . ... ...... .. 2,200.00 Fuel . . . . ........ .......... . ..... . ... . ... .... .. .. .... .. 1,500.00 Light . . . . .... ............. . ... .. . .. .. . . . .. .. . . ...... .. 1,300.00 Maintenance .................. . ........ ..... ......... 1,600.00 Changing Doors ................ ...... . .. . . . . . . .... .... 1,050.00 Town Hall Annex Salaries . . . . . .. . ......................... . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7,020.00 Vacations . . . . ....................... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 224.00 Other Expenses . .. ....... ................. . . . . .. . . . . .. 3,100.00 Planning Board . .... . .. ........ ........... ... .. . . .. .. .. ... 100.00 Board of Appeals Salary of Chairman . . . . ... . .. . .. ................. . . . . . 200.00 Contingent . . . . . . . . . . . ... ........... . ... .... . ... . ... . . 300.00 Protection of Persons & Property ($442,200.50) Police Department Salary of Chief . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . ... .. .... .. . . . . . . 4,000.00 Salaries of Captains (2) . . . . . . . ........ . . ......... . . . . . 7,000.00 Salaries of Lieutenants (2) . ... .. . . . . ............ .. .. . 6,400.00 Salaries of Sergeants (6) . . . .. . .. . ... ....... ..... . . . . . 18,000.00 Patrolmen (40) ..... . .. . . . . . . . ..... . ............ ... . 104,000.00 Jr. Custodians & Wagon-Men (3) . . . . ...... ......... .. 7,800.00 Reserve Men . ......... ... .. . . . . . ... .. ... ... ...... .... . 10,500.00 Stenographer-Clerk ....... ... .. . . . .. . .. .. . . .... . .. . . .. 2,600.00 Additional Clerk ........... . ..... . . . .. .. ... . . . ........ 1,320.00 Contingent . .. . . . .... ............. .. .. . . . . . .. . . . . .... . 9,000.00 Teletype . .. . . . .......... ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... 540.00 Uniforms ...... .. ... . . ... . . . ... . . . ... . . 3,300.00 Painting traffic signs . . .. .. . ... .... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Painting Police Station . . . .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 600.00 Lighting . . . . .. . . . .. . ... .... ............ ... . . . . . . . .. . . . 850.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 30 Fire Department Salary of Chief . . ..... ... . ....... ................ . ... .. 4,000.00 Salaries of Captains (3) . . ........ . ...... . ..... . . . . . . . . 10,500.00 Salaries of Lieutenants (4) ...... ... . . ... . . . . ... . . . .. . . 12,800.00 Salary of Mechanician (1) ...... . ...... . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 Permanent men (55) .... ... ..... ... . .... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 143,000.00 Call-man ......... . .. ... . ... .... . ..... .... . .... ... . . . . 155.00 Contingent . . ... .. ... . .. . . . .. . .. . . ... ..... ...... . ... . . 8,100,00 Uniforms . . . . . . . .. . ..... . . ..... ..... ....... . ..... ... . . 3,000.00 Repairs at Stations . ..... ............. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,693.00 New Chief's Car ........ ............ . ..... .. ... . ... . . . 1,600.00 Mobile Radio . . .. . . . . .. .. . . .. .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .... 500.00 Hose Driers . . ... .. ..... .. . ..... ..... . ... . . . ... . . .. . ... 790.00 Battery Charger . . .. . . . . .. . .. .... . . . .. . ... . . .. . ... . . . . . 250.00 Aerial Ladder . . ... . . ... ........ 17,200.00 Inspector of Buildings Salary of Inspector . . .... . . . . ... . .. . . . . .. .... .. . . . . . . . 3,800.00 Salary of Clerk ..... ... .. ...... ........ . . ... . . ... . . . . 370.00 Contingencies . .. .. .. .. . .. . ........ . . .. . . . .. .. . .. . .. . . . 100.00 Transportation ... . . .. . ... .. .. .. .. . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . ... 300.00 Weights & Measures Salary of Sealer . . . . ... . . . . ... . . ... . .. . ... . . . . . . .. . .... 2,600.00 Contingent . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . ... . . ... . .... . ... .... .. 400.00 Moth Department Salary of Superintendent . . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1,200.00 Salary of Clerk .. . . . .. . ........ . .. . . . . .. ... . . . . ...... .. 575.00 Maintenance Labor . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. ...... . .. .. . . . . . . . . . ........ 2,556.00 Material & Expenses . . .. .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . . . .. . ........ 890.00 Elm Leaf Beetle Labor . . . . . . . ... . ... ....... . . .. .. . ...... . . ........ 1,065.00 Materials & Expenses . ... ... ... .... .... ..... ........ .. 52.50 Tree Warden Department Salary of Tree Warden .... ... ... . . .. . . ... ... . .. ...... 1,100.00 Salary of Clerk . .. . . .. . . ... . ... . ... . . ...... . 300.00 Maintenance Labor . . . . . .. . . . ... ... .. . .. .... . ... ............... .. 5,984.00 Materials & Expense 500.00 New Trees . . . . . . . . . . ... ....... . ............... ......... 585.00 Poles & Wires Department Salary of Superintendent . ... . . . . . ..... ..... .......... 4,000.00 Salary of Clerk .. . . . . . . .. . . . ..... ... . ... .... .... .. .... 735.00 Extra Clerk . . . ... . .. . . ...... ........ . ..... ........... . 250.00 Maintenance Labor . . ... ...... ........ . . ...... . . .............. .. 22,300.00 Material & Expenses .......... ............... ...... 2,500.00 Transportation . ... .. . ...... ..... .. ......... ........ .. 300.00 New Construction . .. . ....... . . ... .............. . ... . .. 4,440.00 Dog Officer Salary of Dog Officer ............ .. . .. . ...... .. . .. . . . . . . 500.00 Contingent . . . . . ..... ....... . . ....... .. ....... . ... . . . . 800.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 31 Health & Sanitation ($44,805.00) Health Department Salary of Health Officer .. . .... ......... ........... ... 4,000.00 Principal Clerk . . . . . .. .... .. . ........... ....... .... ... 1,980.00 Nurses (2) . . . . . ... ..... .. .............. ........... .. .. 4,400.00 Milk Inspection . . .. .... ... .............. ....... ....... 800.00 Baby Clinic ....... ... . .......... ............ .......... 425.00 Dental Clinic . .... . .... .... ............................ 3,550.00 Contingent (inc. ins. on 2 cars) ................ ..... .. 1,400.00 Contagious . . . . ... ... . .. . ........ ... ... . . . ... ......... 20,000.00 Mosquito Control . .. ............................ . ...... 2,000.00 Cattle Inspection Salary of Town Veterinarian ...... . ... . . . ... . .. ... . . . . . . . . 600.00 Inspector of Plumbing Salary of Inspector ......... . . .. . ..... ... ... ... ... . . . . . 3,500.00 Contingent ...... .... ... ...... .. . .... . ... . . ....... . . . . 250.00 Auto Expense . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . .. ... . ... .. ... . . . . . ... . . 300.00 Sewer Department Maintenance .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . .. ... .. . . .. . . . . 500.00 Short Extensions . ... . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . 100.00 Drainage . ... .. ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . ... .... .. ... . ... .. . . 1,000.00 Care & Lighting of Highways ($430,785.84) Highway Department Salary of Superintendent . . . .... . .. ...... ... . .. ... .. . .. 4,500.00 Assistant Superintendent . . . . .. .......... ....... .. .. . .. 3,500.00 Principal Clerk .... . . .. ................ . ... ......... . . 1,980.00 / Senior Clerk ..... . ... .... . . 1,620.00 Office Expense ................ . . . . ...... .. . . ... ... . . . . 300.00 Labor . .... ...... .. . .. ...... ...... .. . ... . . .. . .... . . . . . . 254,000.00 Overtime ..................... . ... ..... ... .. ... . .. .. . . 10 000.00 Vacations .......... ... ... ..... . . . . . ... . . .. . . . 9,600.00 Construction ....... ....... . . . .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... 4,100.00 Maintenance ....... ....... . . . . . .. . . . . . ... . ... . . .. . . . . 30,000.00 Snow & Ice . . .. . .. ..... . ... . . . . . . . . . . ... . ... . . .. . ... . . 7,700.00 Snow—Overtime & Trucking . . . . . ... . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . 16,460.00 Chapter 90 . . . ....... ..... . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 900.00 Garbage Disposal . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . ... . ... . . . . . 1,500.00 Ashes & Paper . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 2,000.00 Motor Pickup Sweeper ... . . . . . . . . ... . ... . ... . ... . ... . . 7,040.00 Walters Snow Fighter . . . . . .. ... ... .... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 18,000.00 Garbage Truck & Body (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500.00 Street Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ....... . . .. .. . . ... .. 49,585.84 Sidewalks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. ...... ... .... . ... .. 500.00 Sidewalk Maintenance . . . . . .. .. . ... . ..... .. ... . .... . .. 3,000.00 Charities & Soldiers' Benefits ($263,399.00) Public Welfare Senior Clerk .... ...:. ... . . .. . . . .. .... ... . .. . ... . . . ... .. 1,620.00 Senior Clerk ....... .. . ......... ......... . . . .. . . .. . . ... 1,620.00 Junior Clerk . ........................... . . . . .. . ... ... . 1,380.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 32 Junior Clerk .... ... . .. ........... . . ... ... ... ... . . . .. . . 1,320.00 Outside Aid . . . . . . . . . . ... ..... . . . . . . . .... ... ... . . ... . . 30,000.00 Aid Dependent Children . . . 56,500.00 Old Age Assistance . . . . . . . ....... . . . ... .. . . .... . . . .. . . . 102,000.00 Contingent . ...... . .. . . . . ........ . .... ... ....... .... .. 2,000.00 Infirmary Department Keeper . . . .. . . . . .. ... . . . . . ....... . . . . . .. . . .......... .. 1,250.00 General Expense .... . . . . . . .............. . . ............ 5,309.00 Physicians . . ... . . . . .. . . .. .. . ...... .... .. . . . . . ..... .... . . . 3,000.00 Soldiers' Relief & Mil. Aid Salary of Agent . ..... . . . . . . . . ...... .... . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. 3,120.00 Investigators (2) ...... .. .. . . . ....... . ... . . ... .... . .... 3,060.00 Junior Clerk . . . ... . .. . . . .. . . ......... ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 1,320.00. Junior Clerk—April 1 . . . . . . . ...... . .. . ... . ... . ....... 900.00 Soldiers' Relief . ...... .. . . .. . ...... . .. .. . .. . . . ..... ... 40,000.00 Military Aid . . . . . . . . ......... .... ............ . ... . ... .. 2,000.00 StateAid . . . .. . . . ......... .. . ......... . . .. . . .. .. . ... .. 2.000.00 War Relief Allowances ....... . . . . .. . ......... . ....... . . 3,000.00 Office Expense . . .. . ...... . . . . . . . ....... ... .. . . . . . . .. . . 2,000.00 Schools & Libraries ($742,747.00) School Department General Control Salary of Supt. . . .. ...... ... . . ........... .. .. . . . .. 6,000.00 Salaries of Clerks . . . . ......... . ............. . ... . . 3,600.00 Attendance Officers (2) ..... . . ... . . .......... . . . . . 4,600.00 Telephones . . . . .. . .. . ........ . . .... ............. . . 1,200.00 Office Expense . . ... ........... .............. .. . 350.00 Attendance Officers transportation . ............. . . 500.00 Instruction Salaries ....... .. . ... . ...... . . ... . . .. . . ......... .. 527,275.00 Books & Supplies . .......... .. 18,000.00 Sick Leave ........ .. . ........ . .. ..... . . ... ........ 3,500.00 Operation Salaries . . ........ . . . .. . . .... ... . ... . .. . .. ........ 43,000.00 Supplies . . . . . ....... . . ... ........ ... . ... . .... ..... 2,500.00 Light & Power .... . .. . ......... .. .. . .. . .. ........ 10,000.00 Fuel . . . . . . . . ...... ... . . . .......... ..... .... .... . . 15,000.00 School Halls . .. . ... . .. . .. . ..... .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . .... 500.00 Water . . . . . .. .... . . ... . . . .. ... ......... ... . ... . ... 2,000.00 Maintenance . . . . ......... ... .......... .. . . . . ... .. .. .. 10,000.00 New Equipment . .... ....... . .. . ........ . . .... ..... ... . 200.00 Miscellaneous Medical Salaries . ...... . ... .. ...... .. . . . . . . .. . .... 6,825.00 Sundries . . . . . ... ..... .. . ... . ......... ... . ... . .... 160.00 Expenses Nurses cars (3) .... . .......... ... . . . . . . . . 540.00 Evening School Salaries . . . . . . . .. ....... ... . . . ...... ... ..... . .. . .. 1,000.00 Supplies .. . . . .. .. . .......... . ............. . ....... 25.00 Trade School .. . . . . . .. . ......... ..... .......... .. . .. . . . 7,000.00 Transportation .. . . . . .. . ............... . . ........... . . 3,500.00 Retirement Fund. . . .. . . . . ....... . .... . ......... . . . . . . . . 952.00 Boilers (E. Jr. High School) ....... ................. . . 15,000.00 Juvenile Recreation (Special) ....... . . . .......... . . . . . . 8,600.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 33 Public Library Salaries . . . . . . . . .. ... .... .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,945.00 Books, Periodicals & Binding ........ . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000.00 Maintenance . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... ....... . . . . ... . . .. . . .. . ... 5,300.00 Special—Repairs . . .. ... . ........... . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675.00 Recreation ($24,101.30) Park Department Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 2,600.00 Salary of Clerk . . . ..... .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . ... . . . . 112.50 Maintenance . ...... .. . ... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . 2,300.00 Labor . . . . . . ............ .. . ... . ... . ... . . ... . ... .... . . 10,648.80 Extra Labor . . .............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . .. 2,000.00 New Equipment .. ..... . . ... . . . .. . . ... . ... . ... . .... . .. 700.00 New Plow . . . . ......... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 300.00 New Fences (3) . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .. . .. .. 1,000.00 Playground—Salaries . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . ... .... .. 3,040.00 Recreation Equipment . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .. ... .. 1,400.00 Public Enterprises ($89,066.62) Water Department Salary of Superintendent . . . . . . . . .. ............ ... . ... 4,000.00 Salary of Asst. Supt. .. .. . .. . . ... . . ......... ........ . . 3,000.00 Salary of Registrar . ... . . . . . . . ........... ........... .. 3,000.00 Principal Clerk .... ... . . ... ..... . .... ..... ......... . ... 1,980.00 Senior Clerk ... . .. . .. ....... ... ......... ......... .. . . . 1,620.00 Meter Readers (3) . ..................... 7,099.20 Service foreman ... ..... . . . .. . ............... .. . ... . .. 3,000.00 Maintenance Labor . ...... ........ . . . . . .............. . ..... . . . . 39,557.60 Materials .. ..... ...... .... . . ... . .................. . . . . 7,000.00 Office Expense . . . . ... . .. . . . . ............ .. . .... . . . .. . . 1,600.00 Vacations .. . . . .. .. ... . . ... .......... ..... ..... . . ... . . 1,576.00 New House Services . . . . . ..... ...... .... ...... . . ....... 1,000.00 New ;h" meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... .... .. . . . 300.00 Construction & Reconstruction ............ .. . . .... . . . 358.05 New Hydrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... ....... . . .. . .. . . ... . . . 3,144.50 Water Liens .. . ... . .. . ... ......... . . ... . ... . ... . . 250.00 Emergency Overtime Work . . . . ......... . ..... . . .. .. . . . 1,000.00 Use of Car—Registrar .. . . ... ..... . .... ..... . . ... . . . . . . 312.00 New '/ ton truck . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ... .... . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . 2,492.42 Grove Street—New 10 pipe . ...... .... . . .. ... . . . .. . . . . 6,776.85 Cemeteries ($14,700.00) Cemeteries Salary of Superintendent . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,600.00 Labor Regular men . . .. .. . .. .. . ....... ... . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . 6,400.00 Extra labor . . .. . . ... .... . ........... ....... . .. . .. . . 4,800.00 Contingent .... . . . ... . . . ............... ..... . . . . . ... . . 900.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 34 Public Debt & Interest ($106,000.00) Public Debt & Interest Town Debt (Art. 4) . . , . , . . ............ . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 97,000.00 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000.00 Unclassified ($277,662.38) Unclassified Pensions ......... .. ..... . ......... ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,740.38 'Insurance ...... . ..... . ................. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 8,797.20 Workmen's Compensation . .. . ... ................... . . . . . . . 5,500.00 Salary of Agent . .... . . . . . . . 300.00 Printing Town Reports . ........................... . . . . . . . 1,916.25 Contingent .. ....... .. ....... ........... ..... . ... . ... . . . . 2,000.00 Reserve Fund ................................ .. .... . . . . . . . 35,000.00 Headquarters: Veterans of Foreign Wars (Art. 8) .......... . .. . . . .... 1,700.00 Disabled American Veterans (Art. 9) ........ . . . ... .. .. 360.00 Eye-Glasses for School Children (Art. 10) ........ . . .. . . . .. 250.00 Annuities (Art. 11) . ...... . .. . .. ............... .. .. . . . . . . . 7,750.00 Memorial Day (Art. 12) . . .................... . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 Tax Title Releases (Art. 13) . . .. .......... . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 237.00 County T B Tax (Art. 14) . . .. . . . ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,091.87 Contributory Retirement (Art. 15) . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,719.68 Purchase of War Bonds (Art. 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00 Long Range Planning Comm. (Art. 17) . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 500.00 Addition to Ridgelawn Cemetery (Art. 18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10,000.00 .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. 50,000.00 Land for Dump (Art. 19), Salary Committee (Art. 20) . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . ... 1,000.00 Hosmer Playground (Art. 21) 5,000.00 Comm. on Zoning By-Laws (Art. 26) ... ...... .. . . . . . . . .... 300.00 Cottage Street Cemetery. (Art, 35) .................... . . .. 2,000.00 March 26, 1945 On motion of Laurence J. Walsh, duly seconded, it was VOTED: To reconsider the following salary appropriations in the Public Welfare Department: Agent, $3120; Principal Social Worker, $2880; four Social Workers @ $1800, totaling $7200; Senior Clerk, $1620. VOTED: No appropriation for foregoing salaries, said salaries to b2 paid out-of accumulated Federal funds. April 2, 1945 John W. O'Hearn moved reconsideration of salaries of Junior Clerks in the Welfare Department, which was duly seconded. Moderator John M. Russell ruled that reconsideration.carried, on a voice vote. The vote was doubted, and on a show of hands reconsideration carried by a vote of 61 to 58. VOTED: That Junior Clerk classification of Lena Dooley be changed to Senior Clerk, subject to person passing necessary examina- tion, and that salary of $1620 be appropriated for the position. VOTED: That the Board of Selectmen be granted a 20 per cent bonus on basis of 1944 pay. STUDY-AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 35 April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That of the total appropriation of Two milion five hundred sixty thousand twelve dollars and fourteen cents •($2,560,012.14); Ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be transferred from the Sale of Lots Fund; Thirty-five thousand ($35,000.00) dollars to be bor- rowed; Two hundred ninety-three thousand ninety-one dollars and eighty-seven cents ($293,091.87) be transferred from the Excess & Deficiency Account; and the balance of Two million, two hundred twenty-one thousand, nine hundred twenty dollars and twenty-seven cents ($2,221,920.27) be assessed on the polls and estates for the year 1945. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the neces- sary sum of money to pay that portion of the Town debt which matures previous to January 1, 1946, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) On motion of Charles F. Shaw, duly seconded, it was VOTED: That the sum of Ninety-seven thousand ($97,000.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated to pay that portion of the Town Debt which matures during the year 1945, and that the money be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Sections 4 and 17. April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with General Laws, Chap- ter 44, Sections 4 and 17. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1945, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, or take any action relating thereto. April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Sections 4, and 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. ARTICLE 7. To see what method the Town will vote to adopt for the collection of taxes for the year 1945 and to fix the compensation of. the Collector, or take any action relating thereto. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 36 April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the same method for the collection of taxes be and is hereby adopted as was pursued last year, and that bills for taxes shall be sent out and interest shall be charged as provided by General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 59, Section 57, and Acts in amendment thereof. ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of One thousand and eighty ($1,080.00) dollars to pay the cost of pro- viding suitable headquarters for Burnham-Manning Post No. 1105, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of One thousand, seven hundred ($1,700.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated to pay the cost of providing suit- able headquarters for Burnham-Manning Post No. 1105, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, under General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 9, and amendments thereto, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy for the current year. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Three hundred and sixty ($360.00) dollars to pay the cost of pro- viding suitable headquarters for Watertown Chapter No. 14, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, direct how the money shall be raised or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Watertown Chapter No. 14, Disabled American Veterans of the World War.) March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Three hundred and sixty ($360.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated for rent for Headquarters for Watertown Chapter No. 14, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 9, and amendments thereto, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, and to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars to provide eyeglasses and spectacles for school children 18 years of age or under who are in need thereof and whose parents or guardians are financially unable to fur- ni^h the same; said sum to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen in accordance with Chapter 185 of the Acts of 1937, and amendments thereto; direct how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated to provide eyeglasses and spectacles for school children 18 years of age or under who are in need thereof and whose parents or guardians are financially unable to furnish the same, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen in ac- cordance with Chapter 185 of the Acts of 1937, and amendments thereto, and to be placed on-the tax levy of the current year. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 37 ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate by trans- fer or otherwise the sum of Seven thousand, seven hundred and fifty ($7,750.00) dollars for annuities to be paid to the dependents of eight (8) deceased Town Employees, as provided by Chapter 340 of the Acts of 1933, and amendments thereto, and direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Seven thousand, seven hundred and fifty ($7,750.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated to pay that amount due for 1945 for annuities to the dependents of Gilbert Nichols, Willard E. Streeter, Ernest B. Ford, James Carney, Bertram McElhiney, Gerald Mee, and Clarence Clifford, deceased former members of the fire depart- ment, and to the dependents of Henry Welsh, deceased former member of the police department, and that the sum shall be payable in accord- ance with provisions of General Laws, Chapter 32, Section 89, and amendments thereto, and to be divided as follows: Seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars to the dependents of Gilbert Nichols, a deceased member of the fire department; Seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars to the dependents of Willard E. Streeter, a deceased member of the fire depart- ment; Seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars to the dependents of Ernest B. Ford, a deceased member of the fire department; Seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars to the dependents of James Carney, a deceased member of the fire department; Seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars to the dependents of Bertram McElhiney, a deceased member of the fire depart- ment. Eleven hundred and fifty ($1,150.00) dollars to the depend- ents of Gerald Mee, a deceased member of the fire department; Thirteen hundred and fifty ($1,350.00) dollars to the depend- ents of Clarence Clifford, a deceased member of the fire de- partment; Fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars to the dependents of Henry Welsh, a deceased member of the police department; said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy for the current year. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of Memorial Day, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5 and Acts and Amendments thereto, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the decorations of the graves, monu- ments, or other memorials of soldiers, sailors, and marines who served in the army, navy, or marine corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and the proper observance of Memorial Day, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, in ac- cordance with General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, and Acts .and Amendments thereto, and to be placed on the tax levy for the current year. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 38 ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Two hundred thirty-seven ($237.00) dollars to compensate the Town Counsel for drawing 79 tax title releases during the year 1944, direct how the same shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Two hundred thirty-seven ($237.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated to compensate the Town Counsel for drawing 79 tax title releases during the year 1944, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Twenty-one thousand, ninety-one dollars and eighty-seven cents ($21,091.87) to be paid to the County of Middlesex as required by law, and in accordance with an order of the County Commissioners dated January 19, 1945; being the Town's share of the cost of the maintenance, operation and repair of the Middlesex County Sanatorium during the year 1944, the Town's share of the principal, interest and other expenses under Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1935, as amended by Chapter 205 of the Acts of 1937; direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) On motion of Charles F. Shaw, duly seconded, it was VOTED: That the town appropriate the sum of Twenty-one thous- and, ninety-one dollars and eighty-seven cents ($21,091.87) to be paid to the County of Middlesex as required by law, and in accordance with an order of the County Commissioners dated January 19, 1945; being the Town's share of the cost of maintenance, operation and repair of the Middlesex County Sanatorium during the year 1944, the Town's share of the principal, interest and other expenses under Chapter 417 of the Acts of 1935, as amended by Chapter 205 of the Acts of 1937; said appro- priation to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Thirty-seven thousand, seven hundred nineteen dollars and sixty- eight cents ($37,719.68) to be paid into the various funds of the Water- town Contributory Retirement System; said sum to be divided as follows: Pension Accumulation Fund $34,350.00 Military Service Credits 1,869.68 Expense Fund 1,500.00 $37,719.68 March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the sum of Thirty-seven thousand, seven hundred nineteen dollars and sixty-eight cents ($37,719.68) be and is hereby ap- propriated to be paid into the various funds of the Watertown Con- tributory Retirement System; said sum to be divided as follows: Thirty- four thousand, three hundred fifty ($34,350.00) dollars for the Pension Accumulation Fund; One thousand, eight hundred sixty-nine dollars and sixty-eight cents ($1,869.68) for Military Service Credits; and One thousand, five hundred ($1,500.00) dollars for the Expense Fund, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 39 ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the treasury, the sum of Fifty thous- and ($50,000.00) dollars for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, for a postwar rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, or take any action relating thereto. March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: That the Town appropriate the sum of Fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars for the purchase of War Bonds by the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, in order to establish a postwar rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, said sum to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account. ARTICLE 17. . To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars for the use of the Long Range Planning Committee for the printing of a final report and the expenses of the Committee, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Long Range Planning Committee.) March 19,. 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars for the use of the Long Range Planning Committee for the printing of a final report and the expenses of the Committee, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy of the cur- rent year. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise, additional land adjoining Ridgelawn Cemetery for Cemetery purposes, appropriate from the "Sale of Graves Fund" the necessary money therefor, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Board of Health, acting as Cemetery Commissioners.) March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (Unanimously) That the sum of Ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated from the Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund for the purpose of acquiring by eminent domain or purchase additional land adjoining Ridgelawn Cemetery for Cemetery purposes, said tract of land containing approximately 257,790 square feet, more or less, being located'and-bounded as follows: beginning at a point of intersection of the southerly line of Warren Street, Watertown, (Hagar Lane in Waltham), and the Watertown, Waltham Boundary line; Thence running southerly easterly along said line of Warren Street one hun- dred sixty (160) feet, more or less, to the westerly boundary of Ridge- lawn Cemetery; Thence turning and running southwesterly along said line of Ridgelawn Cemetery, seven hundred eighty one (781) feet more or less to the southwesterly corner of Ridgelawn Cemetery; Thence turn- ing and running northwesterly four hundred sixty five (465) feet, more or less to a point of intersection with the above mentioned Watertown Waltham Boundary line; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said Town and City boundary line eight hundred and fifty (850) feet, more or less to point of beginning, the area enclosed by the above description comprises that part of land owned or formerly owned by John W. Keenan which lies in Watertown between the westerly bound- ary of the present Ridgelawn Cemetery and the Watertown Waltham STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 40 Boundary line as shown on plan entitled, Town of Watertown, Plan of Land Abutting Ridgelawn Cemetery, dated March 13, 1944 by Otis Allen; Town Engineer; and the Board of Selectmen, under the power granted to-them by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 14, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to purchase or take by eminent domain the above described land and to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the Town and to receive and record in the proper Registry of Deeds on behalf of the Town whatever instrument or instruments may be necessary or incidental to the accom- plishment of the foregoing to acquire and procure for the Town a good and proper Title to said premises. - ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to acquire for dumping purposes a tract of land, situated between Grove Street and Coolidge Avenue, appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Committee to study into the Advisability of Purchasing Land for Dumping Pur- poses.) March 26, 1945 (Action taken in conjunction with Article 3.) VOTED: (112 in favor, and 22 opposed) That the Town authorize- the Board of Selectmen under the power granted to them by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 14, to purchase or take by eminent domain a certain tract of land, situated between Grove Street and Coolidge Avenue, Watertown, owned by John H. McNamara and com- monly known as "McNamara's Dump" containing one million one hun- dred eighty-six thousand and three hundred and five (1,186,305) square feet in land more or less, bounded and described as follows: Description of Land of John H. McNamara and Glen Road Beginning at a point of intersection of the northerly line of Coolidge Avenue and the westerly line of Grove Street; Thence running southwesterly along said line of Coolidge Avenue;eleven hundred ten and ten hundredths (1110.10) feet, more or less, to the westerly line of Glen Road; Thence turning and running northerly along said line of Glen Road, three hundred sixteen and nine hundredths (316.09) feet to the southerly line of Lot A; Thence turning and running westerly along said line of Lot A, four hundred sixty and nine tenths (460.90) feet; Thence turning and running northerly across the end of Glen Road and Claren- don Street and across the end of Berkeley Street, eight hundred and eleven (811) feet to the extreme northwesterly corner of Lot 1, said point being southerly from a stone bound which marks the northeasterly corner of the Fillipello Playground, forty four and twenty five hundredths (44.25) feet, more or less; 'Thence turning and running easterly, five hundred sixty (560) feet more or less to the westerly line of Lot C; Thence turning and running northwesterly along said.line of Lot C, forty one (41) feet, more or less, to the northerly line of said Lot C; Thence turning and running easterly along the northerly line of Lot C, two hundred thirty (230) feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly line of lots seven (7) and ten (10); Thence turning and running northeasterly along said line of lots seven (7) and ten (10), eighty three (83) feet, more or STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 41 less, to an angle point; Thence turning and running south- easterly along the northerly line of lots seven (7) and ten (10), two hundred thirty (230) feet, more or less, to an angle point; Thence turning and running northeasterly along the same lot line, four hundred thirty four (434) feet, more or less, to the westerly line of Grove Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said line of Grove Street, seven hundred six (706) feet to point of beginning. The above description encloses one million, one hundred eighty six thousand, three hundred and five (1,186,305) more or less, Sq. Ft. of land located in East Watertown which is owned by John H. McNamara, comprising Lots one (1), A, C, seven (7) and ten (10), eight (8), and nine (9), and all of Glen Road as shown on Assessors Plans on file in the office of the Town Engineer of Watertown, as of January 1, 1945. and that the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated for such purposes as follows: the sum of Thirty-five thous- and ($35,000.00) dollars to be borrowed by the Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow the said sum of Thirty-five thousand ($35,000.00) dollars and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the Town, said bonds or notes to become due or payable in equal amounts of Seven thousand ($7,000.00) dollars annually; and the balance of Fifteen thous- and ($15,000.00) dollars be assessed on the Polls and Estates for the year 1945 and the Bfoard of Selectmen are hereby empowered and directed to purchase or take by eminent domain the above described land and to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the Town and to receive and record in the proper Registry of Deeds on behalf of the Town whatever instrument or instruments may be necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the foregoing to acquire and procure for the Town a good and proper Title to said premises. April 2, 1945 On motion of Earl E. Young, duly seconded, it was VOTED: To reconsider action taken under Article 19, by a vote of 48 to 36. The following motion of Earl E. Young, duly seconded, was defeated: That the Town Engineer be empowered to make a survey of property and report to a later meeting. It was moved by John L. Hayden, duly seconded, and it was VOTED: (97 in favor and 1 dissenting vote) That the Town author- ize the Board of Selectmen under the power granted to them by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 14, to purchase or take by eminent domain a certain tract of land, situated between Grove Street and Coolidge Avenue, Watertown, owned by John H. McNamara and com- monly known as "McNamara's Dump" containing one million one hun- dred eighty-six thousand three hundred and five (1,186,305) square feet in land more or less, bounded by and described as follows: Description of Land of John H.McNamara and Glen Road Beginning at a point of intersection of the northerly line of Coolidge Avenue and the westerly line of Grove Street; Thence STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 42 running southwesterly along said line of Coolidge Avenue, eleven hundred ten and ten hundredths (1110.10) feet, more or less, to the westerly line of Glen Road; Thence turning and running northerly along said line of Glen Road, three hundred sixteen and nine hundredths (316.09) feet to the southerly line of Lot A; Thence turning and running westerly along said line of Lot A, four hundred sixty and nine tenths (460.90) feet; Thence turning and running northerly across the end of Glen Road and Claren- don Street and across the end of Berkeley Street, eight hundred and eleven (811) feet to the extreme northwesterly corner of Lot 1, said point being southerly from a stone bound which marks the northeasterly corner of the Fillipello Playground, forty four and twenty five hundredths (44.25) feet, more or less; Thence turning and running easterly, five hundred sixty (560) feet more or less to the westerly line of Lot C; Thence turning and running northwesterly along said line of Lot C, forty one (41) feet, more or less, to the northerly line of said Lot C; Thence turning and running easterly along the northerly line of Lot C, two hundred thirty (230) feet, more or less, to a point of intersection with the westerly line of lots seven (7) and ten (10); Thence turning and running northeasterly along said line of lots seven (7) and ten (10), eighty three (83) feet, more or less, to an angle point; Thence turning and running south- easterly along the northerly line of lots seven (7) and ten (10), two hundred thirty (230) feet, more or less, to an angle point; Thence turning and running northeasterly along the same lot line, four hundred thirty four (434) feet, more or less, to the westerly line of Grove Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said line of Grove Street, seven hundred six (706) feet to point of beginning. The above description encloses one million, one hundred eighty six thousand, three hundred and five (1,186,305) more or less, Sq. Ft. of land located in East Watertown which is owned by John H. McNamara, comprising Lots one (1), A, C, seven (7) and ten (10), eight (8), and nine (9), and all of Glen Road as shown on Assessors Plans -on file in the office of the Town Engineer of Watertown, as of January 1, 1945. and that the sum of Fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars be and is hereby appropriated for such purposes as follows: the sum of Thirty-five thous- and ($35,000.00) dollars to be borrowed by the Treasurer with the ap- proval of the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow the said sum of Thirty-five thousand ($35,000.00) dollars and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the Town, said bonds or notes to become due or payable in equal amounts of Seven thousand ($7,000.00) dollars annually; and the balance of Fifteen thous- and ($15,000.00) dollars be assessed on the Polls and Estates for the year 1945 and the Board of Selectmen are hereby empowered and directed to purchase or take by eminent domain the above described land and to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the Town and to receive and record in the proper Registry of Deeds on behalf of the Town whatever instrument or, instruments may be necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the foregoing to acquire and procure for the Town a good and proper Title to said premises. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to reconstitute and con- STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 43 tinue the Special Committee authorized by vote of the Town Meeting held March 27, 1944, to study, report and recommend on the matter of Wages and Salaries; and to appropriate the sum of One thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for payment of expenses to be incurred; direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Salary and Wage Committee.) March 19, 1945 VOTED: That the Town vote to reconstitute and continue the Special Committee authorized by vote of the Town Meeting held March 27, 1944, to study, report and recommend on the matter of wages and salaries, and appropriate the sum of One thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for payment of expenses, said appropriation to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. (Note: See reconsideration items for action March 26.) ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Five thousand, nine hundred and six ($5,906.00) dollars for the pur- pose of constructing a tennis court and fence on the Hosmer Playground, so-called, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Park Commission.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars for the purpose of constructing a tennis court and fence on the Hosmer Playground, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Park Commission, and to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Park Commission to the School Committee all the powers now exercised by the Park Commission over all the playgrounds of the Town, in ac- cordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 45, Section 12. (Request of Board of Directors of the Watertown Boys and Girls Club.) April 2, 1945 On a point of information raised by Earle S. Tyler, Town Counsel Wilfred J. Paquet ruled that "town meeting can take no action on Article 22, other than the Way article is drawn and advertised." ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to sell to George L. Shutt, of Watertown, by private sale, subject to the approval of the County'Commissioners, and to execute necessary deed therefor, approximately 2450 square feet of land owned by the Town, extending between Arsenal Street and North Beacon Street and adjoining other land owned by the said George L. Shutt, for whatever price and upon such terms as the Selectmen may deem reasonable and for the best interests of the Town, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Fred E. Balsor and others.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell to George L. Shutt of Watertown, in accordance with the provisions of General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 3, subject to the approval of the County Commissioners, a certain piece of real estate of the Town, not being used at present for any municipal pur- pose, and for a price not less than a value set upon it by the Board of Assessors, said parcel of land being located between North Beacon Street and Arsenal Street and containing approximately two thousand four hundred and fifty (2450) square feet bound and described as follows: STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 44 Description of Town Owned Property Between North Beacon Street and Arsenal Street Beginning at a point of intersection of the westerly line of Lot four (4) owned by George L. Shutt, and the southerly line of Arsenal Street, said point being northwesterly six hundred ninety five and seventy two hundredths (695.72) feet from the point of intersection of said line of Arsenal Street and the west- erly line of Irving Street; Thence running southwesterly along said line of lot four (4), forty two and fifty two hundredths (42.52) feet to a point of intersection with the northerly line of North Beacon Street; Thence turning and running northwesterly along said line of North Beacon Street, twenty four and twenty one hundredths (24.21) feet to a stone bound marking an angle point; Thence turning and running still northwesterly along said line of North Beacon Street, forty three and sixty five hun- dredths (43.65) feet to a proposed lot line; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said proposed lot line across present land of the Town of Watertown, thirty two and fifty two hun- dredths (32.52) feet to a point on the southerly line of Arsenal Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along afore- said line of Arsenal Street, sixty two and ninety hundredths (62.90) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description encloses twenty four hundred and fifty (2450) S. Ft. of land lying between the southerly line of Arsenal Street and the northerly line of North Beacon Street as shown on plan entitled, Town of Watertown, Plan Showing Town Owned Land on Arsenal and North Beacon Streets, dated February 15, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. and the Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the Town the necessary deed or deeds to transfer title to the above described property. On motion of G. Frederick Robinson, duly seconded, it was VOTED: That no billboard shall be placed on any structure here- after erected on this land. (Note: This amendment refers to action taken on Article 23.) ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3 of Chapter 5, of the Town By-Laws, by striking out the first sentence in said section reading as follows: "Ordinary domestic water rates shall be due and payable quarterly"; and substituting in place thereof the following: Ordinary domestic water rates shall be due and payable quarterly or semi-annually at the discretion of the Board of Water Commissioners." (Request of Board of Water Commissioners.) April 2, 1945 On motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: Not to amend Section 3, of Chapter 5, of the Town By-laws. ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 20, of Chapter 3 of the Town By-Laws by striking out that part thereof reading as follows: "Except that a charge of ten cents per barrel or its equivalent shall be made by the Town against the owner or occupant of any building used as a store, warehouse, restaurant, theatre or as a STUDY AND PRACTICE DIRE PREVENTION 45 factory or manufacturing establishment for the collection of any gar- bage, ashes, paper, refuse and waste from such premises or produced thereon"; so that the said section may read as follows: "The Selectmen shall make rules and regulations and establish regular periods for the collection of garbage, ashes, paper, refuse and waste from all dwellings and buildings in the Town free of charge to the owners or occupants thereof." (Request of Board of Selectmen.) April 2, 1945 On motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: To indefinitely Postpone Article 25. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Three hundred ($300.00) dollars for the use of the Committee on Zoning By-laws, as appointed by the last Town Meeting, to be expended on stenographic work, public hearings, preliminary revision of the zoning maps and other incidentals, or take other action relating thereto. (Re- quest of the Committee on Zoning By-laws.) March 19, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Three hundred ($300.00) dollars for the use of the Committee on Zoning By-laws, to be expended on stenographic work, public hearings, pre- liminary revision of the zoning maps and other incidentals, said sum to be placed on the tax levy of the current year. ARTICLE; 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning ty-law by changing the property situated on the corner of Westminster Avenue and Bradshaw Street, from No. 2, General Residence District, to No. 4, Business District, said property being bounded and described as follows: Southwesterly: by Bradshaw Street, thirty-two (32) feet; Westerly: by rounded corner, thirty-six and 49/100 (36.49) feet; Northwesterly: by Westminster Avenue, fifty-nine and 25/100 (59.25) feet; North Easterly: by lots H2 and Hl, ninety-four and 26/100 (94.26) feet; South Easterly: by lot G, seventy-eight and 30/100 (78.30) feet. The above description comprises the limits of Lots 9 and H3; Lot 9 containing three thousand seven hundred and thirty (3730) square feet, as shown on Plan entitled, "Plan of Land owned by Edsel Tocci, Watertown, Massachusetts, dated August 22, 1935 by S. O. Bryden, C. E." and recorded January 17, 1936, Middlesex Registry of Deeds So. Dist. as Plan number 32 of 1936: Lot H3, containing Sixteen hundred seventy-five (1675) square feet as shown on Plan entitled, "Plan of Land in Water- town, Mass., dated June 12, 1943, by Cook and Sullivan, Eng'rs and recorded October 29, 1943 in Middlesex Registry of Deeds, South District as plan number 451 of 1943. or take other action relating thereto. (Request of the Planning Board.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town amend the Zoning By-Law by changing the property situated on the corner of Westminster Ave- nue and Bradshaw Street, from No. 2, General Residence District, to STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 46 No. 4, Business District, said property being bounded and described as follows: Southwesterly: by Bradshaw Street, thirty-two (32) feet; Westerly: by rounded corner, thirty-six and 49/100 (36.49) feet; Northwesterly: by Westminster Avenue, fifty-nine and 25/100 (59.25) feet; North Easterly: by lots H2 and Hl, ninety-four and 26/100 (94.26) feet; South Easterly: by lot G, seventy-eight and 30/100 (78.30) feet. The above description comprises the liinits of Lots 9 and H3; Lot 9 containing three thousand seven hundred and thirty (3730) square feet, as shown on Plan entitled, "Plan of Land owned by Edsel Tocci, Watertown, Massachusetts, dated August 22, 1935 by S. O. Bryden, C. E." and recorded January 17, 1936, Middlesex Registry of Deeds So. Dist. as Plan number 32 of 1936: Lot H3, containing Sixteen hundred seventy-five (1675) square feet as shown on Plan entitled, "Plan of Land in Water- town, Mass., dated June 12, 1943, by Cook and Sullivan, Eng'rs", and recorded October 29, 1943 in Middlesex Registry of Deeds, South District as plan number 451 of 1943. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to erect a shelter on the Delta at Watertown Square for the use of passengers waiting for street cars and buses, and that the sum of Twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars be appropriated for this purpose, or take other action. relating thereto. (Request of the Planning Board.) April 2, 1945 On motion of G. Frederick Robinson, duly seconded, it was VOTED: To Indefinitely Postpone Article 28. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to create a committee of seventeen (17) to be known as the "Watertown Transit Commission," to make a broad and comprehensive study into the transportation problems of the Town; to consult and co-operate with officials of the Boston Elevated Railway and other transportation companies; said com- mittee to be composed of the three (3) Selectmen, the Town Engineer, the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by vote of the Finance Committee, all of the foregoing then being in office, or their successors; and ten (10) others, one (1) from each of the Precincts of the Town, to be appointed by the Moderator; and that a sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated for the use of the Committee in the employment of Engineers and others in the making of studies, keeping records, preparing reports and such other work as may be necessary to make recommendations to Town Meeting members for future action, or take other action relating thereto. (Re- quest of Long Range Planning Committee.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: No appropriation. ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee of seventeen (17) to be known as the "Watertown Industrial and Trade Commission," said Committee to be composed of the three (3) Select- men, the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by the members of the Finance STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 47 Committee then in office or their successors; and ten (10) others, one (1) from each of the Precincts of the Town, to be appointed by the Moderator; for the purpose of establishing desirable light manufacturing industries and commercial concerns within the areas of the Town zoned for these purposes; and to establish an office and employ a paid agent for these purposes; and that a sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated, or take other action relating thereto. (Request of the Long Range Planning Committee.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: No appropriation. ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Arsenal Committee," composed of the three (3) Selectmen; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other mem- bers of the Finance Committee to be selected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office or their successors; and four (4) members at large, to be appointed by the Moderator, from the Inhabi- tants of the Town, for the purpose of negotiating with the proper offi- cials of the Federal Government for the use of as much of the facilities of the Arsenal property as may become available, by industrial and com- mercial concerns under whatever plan may seem most. feasible. (Re- quest of the Long Range Planning Committee.) April 2, 1945 On motion of John L. Hayden, duly seconded, it was VOTED: That the Town create a Committee to be know as the "Arsenal Committee," to be composed of the three (3) Selectmen; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by the members of the Finance Com- mittee then in office or their successors; and four (4) members at large, to be appointed by the Moderator, from the Inhabitants of the Town, for the purpose of negotiating with the proper officials of the Federal Government for the use of as much of the facilities of the Arsenal pro- perty as may become available, by industrial and commercial concerns under whatever plan may seem most feasible. ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Watertown Housing Commission," composed of the three (3) members of the Planning Board; the three (3) members of the Board of Assessors; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee, selected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office, or their successors; and ten (10) members, one (1) from each Precinct of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator; for the purpose of making studies of the vacant areas within the Town, the recovery of non-taxable areas suitable for housing and making such recommendations to the Town for changes in the zoning laws as may seem advisable from time to time, with a view to the development of single family homes and other forms of housing in the preservation of a well balanced housing, commercial and industrial community; that the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars be appro- priated for the use of the Committee; or take any action relating there- to. (Request of the Long Range Planning Committee.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: No appropriation. ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Watertown Employment Committee," composed of STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 48 the three (3) members of the Board of Selectmen; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the School Committee to be selected by the Committee as a whole; the Town Counsel; the Commander of the Wa- tertown Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Commander of the Water- town American Legion Post, the Chairman of the Board of Health, all holding office at the time of the formation of the Committee, and there- after their successors; and six (6) members at large to be appointed by the Moderator, comprising two (2) representing Watertown labor organ- izations; two (2) representing retailers; and two (2) representing in- dustry; with power to 'organize as a Town Employment Committee and to establish a Town Employment Department; that the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated to engage such personnel as may be necessary from time to time, to carry on the work; and to administer the expenditure of the same, or take other action relating thereto. (Request of the Long Range Planning Committee.) April 2, 1945 ' VOTED: No appropriation. ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide by transfer or otherwise the sum of Twenty-two hundred and fifty ($2,250.00) dollars to be used by the Selectmen to pay to Ida Sano, formerly Ida Santoro, of Boston, Mass., in full settlement of the tort action now pending against the Town of Watertown, in the Middlesex Superior Court, for personal injuries received, allegedly due to a defective condition on Grove Street; direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Board of Selectmen.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: To-Indefinitely Postpone Article 34. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars to take care of neglected graves of Veterans in all Watertown Cemeteries, particularly that one known as the Cottage Street Cemetery, direct how the money shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto. (Request of the Board of Selectmen.) April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate the sum of Two thousand ($2,000.00) dollars to take care of neglected graves of Veterans in all Watertown Cemeteries, particularly that one known as the Cottage Street Cemetery, said sum to be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Selectmen, and to be placed on the tax.levy of the current year. ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept Pilgrim Road as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the Provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described. as follows: Description of Pilgrim Road, To Be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of reversed curvature on the southerly line of Main Street, said.point being northwesterly seventy-four and six tenths (74.60) feet from a Massachusetts Highway Bound STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 49 marking a point of curvature on said line of Main Street; Thence turning and extending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five and seventy-six hun- dredths (25.76) feet, thirty-nine and seventy-seven hundredths (39.77) feet to a point of reversed curvature on the easterly line of Pilgrim Road; Thence turning and extending southerly and westerly along a curved line, having a radius of one thousand two hundred seventy-six and seventy-six hundredths (1276.76) feet, one hundred seventy-five and ninety-eight hundredths (175.98) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running south- westerly along said line of Pilgrim Road, three hundred ninety (390.00) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred fifty-four and forty-eight hundredths (154.48) feet, ninety-two and forty-six hundredths (92A6) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly, twenty- seven and eighty-one hundredths (27.81) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending southerly and east- erly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running westerly along said line of Acton Street across the end of Pilgrim Road, eighty (80) feet to a point of curvature on said line of Acton Street; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the westerly line of Pilgrim Road; Thence running northeasterly along said line of Pilgrim Road, twenty-seven and eighty-one hundredths (27.81) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and east- erly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred ninety- four and forty-eight hundredths (194.48) feet, one hundred six- teen and forty hundredths (116.40) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running northeasterly along said westerly line of Pilgrim Road, three hundred ninety (390) feet to point of curvature at the intersection of said line of Pilgrim Road and the northerly line of Puritan Road; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of one thousand two hundred thirty-six and seventy-six hundredths (1236.76) feet, one hundred seventy and forty-seven hundredths (170.47) feet to a point of compound curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending northerly and westerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five and sixty hundredths (25.60) feet, thirty- nine and sixty-one hundredths (39.61) feet to a point of reversed curvature on the previously described line of Main Street; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along said line of Main Street ninety and six hundredths (90.06) feet to a point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of Pilgrim Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the southerly line of Main Street to the northerly line of Acton Street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 50 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE LAYOUT OF PILGRIM ROAD TOWN OF WATERTOWN, MASS. SELECTMEN'S OFFICE February 26, 1945 After due notice as required by the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, we, the Selectmen of Watertown, met on the Twenty- sixth day of February A. D. 1945 at 3.30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of viewing the premises, and on the Twenty-sixth day of February A. D., 1945 at 7.30 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of a public hearing of all parties interested on a petition for the laying out of Pilgrim Road as a public way, and we, the Selectmen, upon consideration of the matter, do hereby adjudge that public convenience and necessity require that Pilgrim Road be laid out as and for a public way, in accordance with the following description, and as shown on a plan drawn by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer, and dated February 1, 1945. Description of Pilgrim Road, To Be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of reversed curvature on the southerly line of Main Street, said point being northwesterly seventy-four and six tenths (74.60) feet from a Massachusetts Highway Bound marking a point of curvature on said line of Main Street, Thence turning and extending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five and seventy-six hun- dredths (25.76) feet, thirty-nine and seventy-seven hundredths (39.77) feet to a point of reversed curvature on the easterly line of Pilgrim Road; Thence turning and extending southerly and westerly along a curved line, having a radius of one thousand two hundred seventy-six and seventy-six hundredths (1276.76) feet, one hundred seventy-five and ninety-eight hundredths (175.98) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running south- westerly along said line of Pilgrim Road, three hundred ninety (390.00) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending westerly and southerly along 'a curved line having a radius of one hundred fifty-four and forty-eight hundredths (154.48) feet, ninety-two and forty-six hundredths (92A6) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly, twenty- seven and eighty-one hundredths (27.81) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending southerly and east- erly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running westerly along said line of Acton Street across the end of Pilgrim Road, eighty (80) feet to a point of curvature on said line of Acton Street; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the westerly line of Pilgrim Road; Thence running northeasterly along said line of Pilgrim Road, twenty-seven and eighty-one hundredths (27.81) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and east- STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 51 erly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred ninety- four and forty-eight hundredths (194.48) feet, one hundred six- teen and forty hundredths (116.40) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running northeasterly along said westerly line of Pilgrim Road, three hundred ninety (390) feet to point of curvature at the intersection of said line of Pilgrim Road and the northerly line of Puritan Road; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of one thousand two hundred thirty-six and seventy-six hundredths (1236.76) feet, one hundred seventy and forty-seven hundredths (170.47) feet to a point of compound curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending northerly and westerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five and sixty hundredths (25.60) feet, thirty- nine and sixty-one hundredths (39.61) feet to a point of reversed curvature on the previously described line of Main Street; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along said line of Main Street ninety and six hundredths (90.06) feet to a point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of Pilgrim Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the southerly line of Main Street to the northerly line of Acton Street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D: Allen, Town Engineer. And it is therefore ORDERED that PILGRIM ROAD be and is hereby laid out as and for a public way, under the provisions of Chap- ter 82 of the General Laws, and amendments thereto according to the foregoing description, and having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of the lands across and through which said street has been laid out as aforesaid, we hereby determine that no damages have been sustained and none are awarded. LAURENCE J. WALSH PATRICK A. MENTON EDWARD C. WEBSTER Selectmen, Town of Watertown April 2, 1945 VOTED (Unanimously) That the Town hereby accepts Pilgrim Road, as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82. Boundaries and measurements of said way are as follows: Description of Pilgrim Road, As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of reversed curvature on the southerly line of Main Street, said point being northwesterly seventy-four and six tenths (74.60) feet from a Massachusetts Highway Bound marking a point of curvature on said line of Main Street; Thence turning and extending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five and seventy-six hun- dredths (25.76) feet, thirty-nine and seventy-seven hundredths (39.77) feet to a point of reversed curvature on the easterly line of Pilgrim Road; Thence turning and extending southerly and STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 52 westerly along a curved line, having a radius of one thousand two hundred seventy-six and seventy-six hundredths (1276.76) feet, one hundred seventy-five and ninety-eight hundredths (175.98) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running south- westerly along said line of Pilgrim Road, three hundred ninety (390.00) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred fifty-four ant forty-eight hundredths (154.48) feet, ninety-two and forty-six hundredths (92A6) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly, twenty- seven and eighty-one hundredths (27.81) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending southerly and east- erly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running westerly along said line of Acton Street across the end of Pilgrim Road, eighty (80) feet to a point of curvature on said line of Acton Street; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths MA2) feet to a point of tangency on the westerly line of Pilgrim Road; Thence running northeasterly along said line of Pilgrim Road, twenty-seven and eighty-one hundredths (27.81) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and east- erly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred ninety- four and forty-eight hundredths (194.48) feet, one hundred six- teen and forty hundredths (116.40) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running northeasterly along said westerly line of Pilgrim Road, three hundred ninety (390) feet to point of curvature at the intersection of said line of Pilgrim Road and the northerly line of Puritan Road; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of one thousand two hundred thirty-six and seventy-six hundredths (1236.76) feet, one hundred seventy and forty-seven hundredths (170A7) feet to a point of compound curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending northerly and westerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five and sixty hundredths (25.60) feet, thirty- nine and sixty-one hundredths (39.61) feet to a point of reversed curvature on the previously described line of Main Street; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along said line of Main Street ninety and six hundredths (90.06) feet to a point of beginning. The area enclosed by the, above description comprises the limits of Pilgrim Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the southerly line of Main Street to the northerly line of Acton Street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept Puritan Road as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described as follows: STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 53 Description of Paritan Road, To Be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of compound curvature on the westerly line of Pilgrim Road, said point being one hundred seventy and forty-seven hundredths (170.47) feet southwesterly from a point of compound curvature on said line of Pilgrim Road at Main Street; Thence running southwesterly along said line of Pilgrim Road across the end of Puritan Road eighty (80) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and west- erly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the southeasterly line of Puritan Road; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Puritan Road, one hun- dred (100) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of eighty (80) feet, one hundred twenty-five and sixty- six hundredths (125.66) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly three hundred forty-seven and eighteen hundredths (347.18) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred ninety-four and forty-eight hundredths (194.48) feet, one hundred sixteen and forty hundredths (116.40) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly fifty- one and forty-five hundredths (51.45) feet to a point of curva- ture; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-eight and seventy-five hundredths (28.75) feet, forty-five and sixteen hundredths (45.16) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street sixty-five and forty-two hundredths (65.42) feet to an angle point; Thence turning and running northwesterly still by said line of Acton Street, fifty-one and three hundredths (51.03) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-seven and fifty hundredths (27.50) feet, fifty-seven and thirty-eight hundredths (57.38) feet to a point of tangency on the northwesterly line of Puritan Road; Thence running north- easterly along said northwesterly line of Puritan Road, thirty- one and eleven hundredths (31.11) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of two hundred thirty-four and forty-eight hundredths (234.48) feet, one hundred forty and thirty-four hundredths (140.34) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running northeasterly, three hundred forty-seven and eighteen hundredths (347.18) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred twenty (120) feet, one hundred eighty-eight and fifty hundreds (188.50) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southeasterly one hundred (100) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 54 limits of Puritan Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the westerly line of Pilgrim Road to the northerly line of Acton Street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1,1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE LAYOUT OF PURITAN ROAD TOWN OF WATERTOWN, MASS. SELECTMEN'S OFFICE .February 26, 1945 After due notice as required by the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, we, the Selectmen of Watertown, met on the Twenty- sixth day of February A. D. 1945 at 3.30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of viewing the premises, and on the Twenty-sixth day of February A. D., 1945 at 7.30 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of a public hearing of all parties interested on a petition for the laying out of Puritan Road as a public way, and we, the Selectmen, upon consideration of the matter, do hereby adjudge that public convenience and necessity require that Puritan Road be laid out as and for a public way, in accordance with the following description, and as shown on a plan drawn by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer, and dated February 1, 1945. Description of Puritan Road, To Be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of compound curvature on the westerly_ line of Pilgrim Road, said point being one hundred seventy and. forty-seven hundredths (170.47) feet southwesterly from a point, of compound curvature on said line of Pilgrim Road at Main Street; Thence running southwesterly along said line of Pilgrim Road across the end of Puritan Road eighty (80) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and west- erly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31A2) feet to a point of tangency on the southeasterly line of Puritan Road; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Puritan Road, one hun- dred (100) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of eighty (80) feet, one hundred twenty-five and sixty- six hundredths (125.66) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly three hundred forty-seven and eighteen hundredths (347.18) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred ninety-four and forty-eight hundredths (194.48) feet, one hundred sixteen and forty hundredths (116.40) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly fifty- one and forty-five hundredths (51.45) feet to a point of curva- ture; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-eight and seventy-five hundredths (28.75) feet, forty-five and sixteen hundredths (45.16) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line of Acton STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 55 Street; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street sixty-five and forty-two hundredths (65.42) feet to an angle point; Thence turning and running northwesterly still by said line of Acton Street, fifty-one and three hundredths (51.03) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-seven and fifty hundredths (27.50) feet, fifty-seven and thirty-eight hundredths (57.38) feet to a point of tangency on the northwesterly line of Puritan Road; Thence running north- easterly along said northwesterly line of Puritan Road, thirty- one and eleven hundredths (31.11) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of two hundred thirty-four and forty-eight hundredths (234.48) feet, one hundred forty and thirty-four hundredths (140.34) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running northeasterly, three hundred forty-seven and eighteen hundredths (347.18) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred twenty (120) feet, one hundred eighty-eight and fifty hundreds (188.50) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southeasterly one hundred {100) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of Puritan Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel"lines, from the westerly line of Pilgrim Road to the northerly line of Acton Street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1,1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. And it is therefore ORDERED that PURITAN ROAD be and is hereby laid out as and for a public way, under the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and amendments thereto according to the fore- going description, and having considered the question of damages ,sus- tained by the owners of the lands across and through which said street has been laid out as aforesaid, we hereby determine that no damages have been sustained and none are awarded. LAURENCE J. WALSH PATRICK A. MENTON EDWARD C. WEBSTER Selectmen, Town of Watertown April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town hereby accepts Puritan Road, as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82. Boundaries and measurements of said way are as follows: • Description of Puritan Road, As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of compound curvature on the westerly line of Pilgrim Road, said point being one hundred seventy and forty-seven hundredths (170.47) feet southwesterly from a point STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 56 of compound curvature on said line of Pilgrim Road at Main Street; Thence running southwesterly along said line of Pilgrim Road across the end of Puritan Road eighty (80) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and west- erly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the southeasterly line of Puritan Road; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Puritan Road, one hun- dred (100) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and ex- tending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of eighty (80) feet, one hundred twenty-five and sixty- six hundredths (125.66) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly three hundred forty-seven and eighteen hundredths (347.18) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending westerly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred ninety-four and forty-eight hundredths (194.48) feet, one hundred sixteen and forty hundredths (116.40) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southwesterly fifty- one and forty-five hundredths (51.45) feet to a point of curva- ture; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-eight and seventy-five hundredths (28.75) feet, forty-five and sixteen hundredths (45.16) feet to a point of tangency on the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street sixty-five and forty-two hundredths (65.42) feet to an angle point; Thence turning and running northwesterly still by said line of Acton Street, fifty-one and three hundredths (51.03) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-seven and fifty hundredths (27.50) feet, fifty-seven and thirty-eight hundredths (57.38) feet to a point of tangency on the northwesterly line of Puritan Road; Thence running north- easterly along said northwesterly line of Puritan Road, thirty- one and eleven hundredths (31.11) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending northerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of two hundred thirty-four and forty-eight hundredths (234.48) feet, one hundred forty and thirty-four hundredths (140.34) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running northeasterly, three hundred forty-seven and eighteen hundredths (347.18) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of one hundred twenty (120) feet, one hundred eighty-eight and fifty hundreds (188.50) feet to a point of tangency; Thence running southeasterly one hundred (100) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending southerly and easterly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of Puritan Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the westerly line of Pilgrim Road to the northerly line of Acton Street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1,1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 57 ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept Acton Street (part) as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described as follows: Description of Acton Street (Part), To Be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of curvature on the westerly line of Rosedale Road said point being northeasterly fifty and forty- eight hundredths (50.48) feet from an angle point on said line of Rosedale Road; Thence turning and extending northerly and westerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, fifty-four and twenty-three hundredths (54.23) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Acton Street; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street, three hundred sixty-nine and thirty-four hundredths (369.34) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending westerly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of one hun- dred fifty-seven and seventy hundredths (157.70) feet, eighty- one and thirty-one hundredths (81.31) feet to a point of reversed curvature at the intersection of Falmouth Road; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street past the end of Falmouth Road, one hundred sixty and forty-two hundredths (160.42) feet to an intersection with the easterly line of land of Peter J. Brandley; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said easterly line of land of Brandley, forty and one hun- dredths (40.01) feet to a point of intersection with the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said northerly line of Acton Street; one hundred ninety and seventy-one hundredths (190.71) feet to an angle point; Thence turning and running southeasterly, four hundred sixty-one and seventy-six hundredths (461.76) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, twenty-four and thirty-one hundredths (24.31) feet to a point of tangency on the westerly line of Rosedale Road; Thence turning and running southwesterly along said line of Rosedale 'Road, one hundred eight and ninety-four hundredths (108.94) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of that part of Acton Street which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines from the westerly line of Rosedale Road to dead end at land now or formerly Peter J. Brandley except at the end of Puritan Road where the northerly line of Acton Street runs on tangents instead of a curve as on the southerly line of said street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 58 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE LAYOUT OF ACTON STREET (PART) TOWN-OF WATERTOWN, MASS. SELECTMEN'S OFFICE February 26, 1945 After due notice as required by the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, we, the Selectmen of Watertown, met on the Twenty- sixth day of February A. D. 1945 at 3.30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of viewing the premises, and on the Twenty-sixth day of February A. D., 1945 at 7.30 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of a public hearing of all parties interested on a petition for the laying out of Acton Street (Part) as a public way, and we, the Selectmen, upon consideration of the matter, do hereby adjudge that public convenience and necessity require that Acton Street (Part) be laid out as and for a public way, in ac- cordance with the following description, and as shown on a plan drawn by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer, and dated February 1, 1945. Description of Acton Street (Part), To Be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of curvature on the westerly line of, Rosedale Road said point being- northeasterly fifty and forty- eight hundredths (50.48) feet from an angle point on said line of. Rosedale Road; Thence turning and extending northerly and westerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25). feet, flfty-four and twenty-three hundredths (54.23) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Acton Street; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street, three hundred sixty-nine and thirty-four hundredths (369.34) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending westerly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of one hun- dred fifty-seven and seventy hundredths (157.70) feet, eighty- one and thirty-one hundredths (81.31) feet to a point of reversed curvature at the intersection of Falmouth Road; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street past the end of Falmouth Road, one hundred sixty and forty-two hundredths (160.42) feet to an intersection with the easterly line of land of Peter J. Brandley; Thence turning and running northeasterly- along said easterly line of land of Brandley, forty and one hun- dredths (40.01) feet to a point of intersection with the northerly; line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said northerly line of Acton Street; one hundred ninety and- seventy-one hundredths (190.71) feet to an angle point; Thence . turning and running southeasterly, four hundred sixty-one and seventy-six hundredths (461.76) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a- curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, twenty-four-; and thirty-one hundredths (24.31) feet to a point,of tangency. on the westerly line of Rosedale Road; Thence turning .and.,- . running southwesterly along said line of Rosedale Road, one hundred eight and ninety-four hundredths (108.94) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of that part of Acton Street which is forty (40) feet in STUDY AND. PRACT,iCE FIRE-PREVENTION ' 59 width between parallel lines from the westerly line of Rosedale Road to dead end at land now or formerly Peter J. Brandley except at the end of Puritan Road where the northerly line of Acton Street runs on tangents instead of a curve as on the southerly line of said street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. And it is therefore ORDERED that ACTON STREET (PART) be and is hereby laid out as and for a public way, under the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and amendments thereto according to the foregoing description, and having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of the lands across and through which said street has been laid out as aforesaid, we hereby determine that no damages have been sustained and none are awarded. LAURENCE J. WALSH PATRICK A. MENTON EDWARD C. WEBSTER Selectmen, Town of Watertown April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town hereby accepts Acton Street (part), as and for a public way, as laid out by the Selectmen, under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82. Boundaries and measure- ments of said way are as follows: Description of Acton Street (Part), As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of curvature on the westerly line of Rosedale Road said point being northeasterly fifty and forty- eight hundredths (50.48) feet from an angle point on said line of Rosedale Road; Thence turning and extending northerly and westerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, fifty-four and twenty-three hundredths (54.23) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Acton Street; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street, three hundred sixty-nine and thirty-four hundredths (369.34) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extending westerly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of one hun- dred fifty-seven and seventy hundredths (157.70) feet, eighty- one and thirty-one hundredths (81.31) feet to a point of reversed curvature at the intersection of Falmouth Road; Thence running northwesterly along said line of Acton Street past the end of Falmouth Road, one hundred sixty and forty-two hundredths (160.42) feet to an intersection with the easterly line of land of Peter J. Brandley; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said easterly line of land of Brandley, forty and one hun- dredths (40.01) feet to a point of intersection with the northerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said northerly line of Acton Street; one hundred ninety and seventy-one hundredths (190.71) feet to an angle point; Thence turning and running southeasterly, four hundred sixty-one and seventy-six hundredths (461.76) feet to a point of curvature; STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 60 Thence turning and extending easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty-five (25) feet, twenty-four and thirty-one hundredths (24.31) feet to a point of tangency on the westerly line of Rosedale Road; Thence turning and running southwesterly along said line of Rosedale Road, one hundred eight and ninety-four hundredths (108.94) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of that part of Acton Street which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines from the westerly line of Rosedale Road to dead end at land now or formerly Peter J. Brandley except at the end of Puritan Road where the northerly line of Acton Street runs on tangents instead of a curve as on the southerly line of said street as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept Falmouth Road (part) as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Select- men, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 82, bounded and described as follows: Description of Falmouth Road (Part), To be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of reversed curvature on the southerly line of Acton Street said point being westerly eighty-one and thirty-one hundredths (81.31) feet from a point of curvature on said line of Acton Street; Thence turning and extending west- erly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the easterly line of Falmouth Road; Thence running southwesterly along said easterly line of Fal- mouth Road, seventy-nine and ninety-seven hundredths (79.97) feet to a point of intersection with the southerly lot line of Lot fifty-eight (58); Thence turning and running northwesterly across Falmouth Road forty (40) feet to a point of intersection with the westerly line of said Falmouth Road at the spot where the southerly lot line of Lot fifty-nine (59) strikes the same; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said westerly line of Falmouth Road, seventy-nine and fifty-nine hundredths (79.59) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extend- ing easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said line of Acton Street across the end of Falmouth Road, eighty (80) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of that part of Falmouth Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the southerly line of Acton Street to the southerly lot lines of Lots fifty-eight (58) and fifty-nine (59) as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 61 (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE LAYOUT OF FALMOUTH ROAD (PART) TOWN OF WATERTOWN, MASS. SELECTMEN'S OFFICE February 26, 1945 After due notice as required by the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, we, the Selectmen of Watertown, met on the Twenty- sixth day of February A. D. 1945 at 3.30 o'clock P. M., for the purpose of viewing the premises, and on the Twenty-sixth day of February A. D., 1945 at 7.30 o'clock P. M. for the purpose of a public hearing of all parties interested on a petition for the laying out of Falmouth Road (Part) as a public way, and we, the'Selectmen, upon consideration of the matter, do hereby adjudge that public convenience and necessity require that Falmouth Road (Part) be laid out as and for a public way, in accordance with the following description, and as shown on a plan drawn by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer, and dated February 1, 1945. Description of Falmouth Road (Part), To be Accepted As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of reversed curvature on the southerly line of Acton Street said point being westerly eighty-one and thirty-one hundredths (81.31) feet from a point of curvature on said line of Acton Street; Thence turning and extending west- erly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the easterly line of Falmouth Road; Thence running southwesterly along said easterly line of Fal- mouth Road, seventy-nine and ninety-seven hundredths (79.97) feet to a point of intersection with the southerly lot line of Lot fifty-eight (58); Thence turning and running northwesterly across Falmouth Road forty (40) feet to a point of intersection with the westerly line of said Falmouth Road at the spot where the southerly lot line of Lot fifty-nine (59) strikes the same; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said westerly line of Falmouth Road, seventy-nine and fifty-nine hundredths (79.59) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extend- ing easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said line of Acton Street across the end of Falmouth Road, eighty (80) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of that part of Falmouth Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the southerly line of Acton Street to the southerly lot lines of Lots fifty-eight (58) and fifty-nine (59) as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 62 And it is therefore ORDERED that FALMOUTH ROAD (PART) be and is hereby laid out as and for a public way, under the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and amendments thereto according to the foregoing description, and having considered the question of damages sustained by the owners of the lands across and through which said street has been laid out as aforesaid, we hereby determine that no damages have been sustained and none are awarded. LAURENCE J. WALSH PATRICK A. MENTON EDWARD C. WEBSTER Selectmen, Town of Watertown April 2, 1945 VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town hereby accepts Falmouth Road (part), as and for a public way, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 82. Boundaries and measurements of said way are as follows: Description of Falmouth Road (Part), As and For A Public Way Beginning at a point of reversed curvature on the southerly line of Acton Street said point being westerly eighty-one and thirty-one hundredths (81.31) feet from a point of curvature on said line of Acton Street; Thence turning and extending west- erly and southerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the easterly line of .Falmouth Road; Thence running southwesterly along said easterly line of Fal- mouth Road, seventy-nine and ninety-seven hundredths (79.97) feet to a point of intersection with the southerly lot line of Lot fifty-eight (58); Thence turning and running northwesterly across Falmouth Road forty (40) feet to a point of intersection with the westerly line of said Falmouth Road at the spot where the southerly lot line of Lot fifty-nine (59) strikes the same; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said westerly line of Falmouth Road, seventy-nine and fifty-nine hundredths (79.59) feet to a point of curvature; Thence turning and extend- ing easterly and northerly along a curved line having a radius of twenty (20) feet, thirty-one and forty-two hundredths (31.42) feet to a point of tangency on the southerly line of Acton Street; Thence turning and running southeasterly along said line of Acton .Street across the end of Falmouth Road, eighty (80) feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises the limits of that part of Falmouth Road which is forty (40) feet in width between parallel lines, from the southerly line of Acton Street to the southerly lot lines of Lots fifty-eight (58) and fifty-nine (59) as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan Showing Pilgrim Road, Puritan Road, Acton Street (Part) and Falmouth Road (Part), to be Accepted As and For Public Ways, dated February 1, 1945, by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. Mr. G. Frederick Robinson submitted his resignation to the Town Meeting; and Moderator John M. Russell put it to a vote. The town meeting voted unanimously to refuse to accept the resignation. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 63 VOTED: Final adjournment at 11 p.m., on April 2, 1945 there being no further business to come before the meeting. GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Clerk. A true record, ATTEST: ]Record of Special Town Meeting Tuesday Evening, October 9, 1945 Meeting was called to order at 7:45 P.M. by Moderator John M. Russell. Officers' returns on Warrant were read by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. Number of Town Meeting Members necessary for a quorum: 93. Number of Town Meeting Members present as reported by records of Harry J. York, and John Gleason, checkers, 150. The Town Meeting Members present, who had not previously taken the oath, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. Notices were received from the chairmen of Precincts 6, and 7, re- spectively, of the election to fill Town Meeting Member vacancies of:. WALDRON SMITH, 167 Lovell Road, to fill vacancy in Precinct Six, 19,47 term, caused by the appointment of Arthur I. Davis to the'Finance Committee. ERNEST K. INGALLS, 50 Pearl Street, to fill vacancy in Precinct Seven, 1948 term, caused by the death of Jarvis B. Keene. ARTICLE 1. To hear the report of any committee heretofore appointed, and act thereon. Chairman John Hayden of the Long-Range Planning Committee submitted a verbal report. He explained to the meeting that a recom- mendation inadvertently omitted from the report called for the erection of a fire station in North Watertown. This being the final report of the committee, it was discharged. William S. Holdsworth, Chairman, submitted the following resolu- tion relating to the late John Foster Tufts, and which was unanimously adopted: RESOLUTION—JOHN FOSTER TUFTS On the fifth day of March 1945 our fellow townsman, John Foster Tufts, an outstanding citizen of our Town for many years was taken from our midst by the call which must come to us all. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, June 23, 1878 he was gradu- ated from the Arlington schools and Northeastern'University. He served as a Town Meeting member for many years and also or. various other Committees and always discharged his duties for the best interest of the Town. He was successively Cashier and President of The Union Market National Bank of Watertown from 1907 to his death. -Its impressive building in Watertown Square is a memorial to his memory, his vision for the improvement of our business STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION e.• aa�• 64 center and a worthy contribution to the development of our community. His thoughtfulness, modesty and the wisdom of his advice will be missed by his fellow townsmen. Resolved: That we inscribe this testimonial of the esteem in which he was held by all on the records of our Town and a copy be presented to his family. PIERCE L. FISH ALFRED A. GLIDDEN JAMES M. OATES GUY C. PESCE, M.D. WILLIAMS. HOLDSWORTH, Chairman ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and pro- vide by transfer or otherwise, the necessary sums of money for the use of the various Town Departments for the balance of the current year, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED (Unanimously) That the following sums be and are here- by appropriated for the following departments, for the uses listed below, and that the money be provided by transfer from certain accounts in accordance with the following schedule: From Printing Voting Lists $ 130.00 Dog Pound 650.00 Library, Salaries 660.00 Town Defense 1,650.00 Highway, Labor 120.00 Aid Dependent Children 3,000.00 Police, Patrolmen's Salaries 2,500.00 Police, Sten.-Clerk 1,500.00 Water, Maint.-Labor 500.00 School, Trade 1,600.00 School, East Jr. High Boilers 5,600.00 School, Operation-Sal. 2,000.00 School, Juvenile Rec. 2,000.00 Soldiers' Relief 1,000.00 $22,910.00 To Election Expense $ 30.00 Dog Officer 100.00 Town Hall, Maintenance 650.00 Annuities 235.00 Pensions 375.00 Town Hall, Relief Operator 50.00 Sewer, Construction 325.00 Sewer, Maintenance 1,325.00 Highway, Vacations 120.00 Old Age Assistance 3,000.00 Police, Reserve Men 2,500.00 Police, Contingent 1,500.00 Water, Emergency 500.00 School, Telephone 100.00 School, Transportation 200.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 65 School, Light and Power 2.300.00 School, Maintenance 3,000.00 School, Evening 600.00 School, Fuel 6,000.00 $22,910.00 ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five (5) to obtain plans and estimates for a municipal incinerator, and to use such funds for this purpose which have been or may be con- tributed by the Federal Government, and approved by the Emergency 'Finance Board, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Moderator be authorized to ap- point a committee of five (5) to obtain plans and estimates for a municipal incinerator, and to use such funds for this purpose which have been or may be contributed by the Federal Government, and approved by the Emergency Finance Board. On motion of G. Frederick Robinson, duly seconded, it was moved to reconsider the foregoing vote. The motion was put by the Moderator, and reconsideration was defeated. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide by transfer or otherwise the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars for the purpose of obtaining medical examinations of applicants for pensions and retirement, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: No appropriation. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide by transfer or otherwise the sum of Eleven hundred and fifty ($1,150.00) dollars for the purchase from the Federal Government of loaned equipment, formerly used by the Watertown Civilian Defense Committee, said equipment to be used by Town Departments, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate and provide by transfer from the Town Defense Account the sum of Eleven hundred and fifty dollars ($1150.00) for the purchase from the Federal Govern- ment of loaned equipment, formerly used by the Watertown Civilian Defense Committee, said equipment to be used by town departments. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appoint- ment of a committee of five (5) to consider and study the needs for office space of departments in the Administration Building, and an addition to said building, this committee to report not later than the annual Town Meeting of 1946, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) : That the Town authorize the appoint- ment by the Moderator of a committee of five (5) to consider and study :the needs for office space of departments in the Administration Build- ing, and an addition to said building, this committee to report not later than the annual Town Meeting of 1946. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide by. transfer or otherwise the sum of Thirty-eight hundred ($3,800.00) dollars to pay construction costs of Grove Street bridge repairs and Grove Street drain, said sum to be divided as follows: Grove Street Bridge repairs $2,500.00 Grove Street Drain 1,300.00 or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) To postpone indefinitely. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION T- 66 ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease a certain parcel of land owned by the Boston & Maine R.R., located between Spring and Church Streets, for the purpose of establishing a public parking space, and appropriate the necessary money therefor, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) : That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease a certain parcel of land owned by the Boston & Maine R. R.,located between Spring and Church Streets, for the purpose of establishing a public parking space. On the motion of Charles Jewell Brown, duly seconded, it was VOTED: That the Moderator appoint a Committee of Five (5) to' investigate and study the needs of a parking space in the business area of East Watertown, and North Watertown, and to report not later than the annual meeting in 1946. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and provide by transfer or otherwise the sum of Thirty-eight hundred ($3,800.00) dollars to pay the cost of materials and equipment' for the grading and draining of certain land owned by the Boston & Maine R. R., between Spring and Church Streets, said property to be used as a public parking lot, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town appropriate and provide by transfer from the Soldiers' Relief Account the sum of Thirty-eight hundred ($3,800.00) to pay the cost of materials and equipment for the grading and draining of certain land owned by the Boston & Maine R. R., between Spring and Church Streets, said property to be used as a public parking space. ARTICLE 10: To determine whether the Town will vote to accept the offer from the heirs at law of the late Solon F. Whitney of Water- town of the sum of Threw hundred ($300.00) dollars in compromise of the Town's contingent right sometime in the future under the pro- visions of Clause Second, Paragraph Three of the will of said Solon F. Whitney to receive from the 'Trustees under said will the proceeds, if any, which the Trustees may in the future receive from the sale of the equity of the property of said trust situated at No. 37 Garfield Street in Watertown,'said sum to be known as the "Solon F. Whitney Fund," or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Library Trustees). VOTED (Unanimously) : To accept the offer of the heirs at law of said late Solon F. Whitney in the sum of Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars in compromise of all rights which the Trustees of the Free Public Library of Watertown or the Town of Watertown may have under the provisions of Clause Second, Paragraph Three of the will of tl,-, late Solon F. Whitney and to authorize James H. Sheridan, Town Treasurer, to execute both on behalf of the Town and the said Free Public Library of Watertown whatever'instruments may be necessary to release such rights as it or they may have under the provisions of said will of said Solon F. Whitney, and that the Town hereby re- leases the Trustees under said will all right to said gift. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 588, of the Acts of 1945, which is "An Act Authorizing the Town of Water- town to convey a portion of the Parker Playground located in said Town," or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town accept Chapter 588, of the Acts of 1945, which is an "Act Authorizing the Town of Watertown to convey a portion of the Parker Playground located in said Town," bounded and described, as follows: STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 67 Beginning at the southwesterly corner of property located on Watertown Street being owned now or formerly by Dr. Joseph M. Kelley, and shown on Land Court Plan of Land in Watertown, Mass. by Fred'A. Joyce, surveyor, dated September 23, 1930, case number 14432A, said corner being one hundred eighty-seven and twenty hundredths feet southerly from the southerly line of Watertown Street; thence running in an east- .erly direction by various courses as shown on said plan three hundred ninety feet; thence turning and running northeasterly still by the aforesaid land and Lot 1, Watertown Street, eighty- two feet more or less; thence turning and running still north- easterly by said lot 1 and land now or formerly of A. G. Morse et al, thirty feet, more or less; thence turning and running southeasterly by two courses by land of A. G. Morse, et al, sixteen feet, more or less; thence running southwesterly by land now or formerly of Cecil M. Leacy, one hundred ten feet, more or less; thence running southwesterly by lot 1, by the fol- lowing courses, southwesterly, eleven and seventy-four hun- dredths feet; southwesterly, twenty-seven feet; northwesterly, thirty-six feet; southwesterly, forty-two feet; southeasterly, 28 feet and southwesterly, twenty-five and eighty-eight hun- dredths feet, as shown on land court plan of land in Watertown, dated October 14, '1941, by W. A. Mason & Son Co., civil engineers, case number 11327 D; thence running, southwesterly along the northerly line of line of Aldrich Road thirty-three and ninety-seven hundreds feet as shown on last-mentioned plan; thence running southwesterly by land now or formerly of S. Theodore Sylvestri, by various courses, three hundered ten and sixty-five hundredths feet as shown on Land Court Plan of Land in Watertown, Mass., dated January 30, 1926, Case number 11327 A; thence running northerly by a new line across land of the town of Watertown, one hundred and thirty feet to point of beginning. The area enclosed by the above description comprises about forty-four thousand square feet of land owned by the town of Watertown, which is shown in red on a print of the assessors plans, section one, block seven. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to take action under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 79, to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise a certain parcel of land located south of Grove Street, owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad, for sewer, drain and water purposes, appropriate the necessary funds therefor, or take any action relating thereto. VOTED: (Unanimously) That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen under the power granted to them by General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 14, to purchase or take by eminent domain a certain parcel of land located south of Grove Street owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad for sewer, drain and water purposes, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly line of the Boston&Maine Railroad location (Fitchburg Division) said point being south- westerly, five and twelve hundredths (5.12) feet from a stone monument marking the intersection of the southerly line. of Grove Street and the said line of Railroad location; Thence running southwesterly along said Railroad Location line by land STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION s� of the City of Cambridge Water Works, twenty (20) feet; Thence turning and running northwesterly across the Railroad Location, sixty-six (66.00) feet to a point of intersection with the westerly line of the railroad location; Thence turning and running northeasterly along said westerly line of the railroad location twenty (20) feet; Thence turning and running south= easterly across said Railroad Location, sixty-six (66.00) feet to point of beginning. The above description encloses an area to be taken by the Town of Watertown for Sewer, Drain and Water purposes as shown on plan entitled Town of Watertown, Record Plan, Showing Proposed Land Taking for Sewer, Drain and Water, Scale one (1) inch equals ten (10) feet, dated May 21st, 1945; by Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer. And that the sum of ($100.00) one hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated for such purposes, the same to be trans- ferred from the Town Defense Fund, and the Board of Select- men are hereby empowered and directed to purchase or take by eminent domain the above described land and to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name of and in behalf of the Town and to receive and record in the proper Registry of Deeds on behalf of the Town whatever instrument or instruments may be necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of the fore- going to acquire and procure for the Town a good and proper title to said premises. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to rescind that portion of the vote passed on March 26, 1945, under Article 3, in the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting, whereby, under the title "Care and Lighting of Highways," the sum of Eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dol- lars was appropriated for the purchase of a "Walters Snow Fighter" and will authorize the expenditure, under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, of said sum of Eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dollars for the purchase of snow removal equipment, or take any action re- lating thereto. The following motion, offered by Wilfred J. Paquet,. and duly seconded, was defeated on a voice vote. Motion: That the portion of the vote passed on March 26, 1945, under Article 3, in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting, whereby under the title "Care and Lighting of Highways" in appropriating the sum of Eighteen thousand ($18,000.00) dollars, the Town Meeting desig- nated the money so appropriated should be expended for the purchase of a Walters Snow Fighter, be rescinded. The following second motion, offered by Wilfred J. Paquet, and duly seconded, was unanimously defeated on a voice vote. Motion: That the said sum of Eighteen thousand dollars ($18,- 000.00) be transferred from "Care and Lighting of Highways, Walters Snow Fighter" and be appropriated to "Care and Lighting of Highways, Purchase of Snow Removal Equipment," the said money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend the present existing By-laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown by adding Chapter 8, Sections 1, to 15, inclusive, to be titled "Department of Purchase," and to read as follows, or take any action relating thereto. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION ss CHAPTER 8 DEPARTMENT OF PURCHASE SECTION 1. SCOPE OF PURCHASING DEPARTMENT: It shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent to purchase or contract for all supplies, materials, equipment, and contractual services needed by any and all Departments of the Town of Watertown, which are hereinafter referred to as the using agencies. Contractual services, for the purpose of these By-laws, shall be construed to mean surety bonds, all printing work, the purchase of gas and electricity, towel and cleansing services, the repair and maintenance of office equipment, the repair and maintenance of all Town owned property, rentals of ma- chinery and equipment, and all similar contractual services. Contractual services, for the purpose of these By-laws, shall not be construed to mean the hiring of departmental personnel, medical, legal, engineering, technical, and other professional services, or awarding and administra- tion of contracts for new public works or projects where materials, supplies and equipment are furnished by the contractor as part of his contract. The Purchasing Agent shall have control of, and be responsible for, the operation of any printing, and or multigraphing or duplicating agency which shall be established. SECTION 2. REQUISITIONS AND ESTIMATES: All using agencies of the Town shall file with the Purchasing Agent detailed estimates of their requirements in supplies, material, equip- ment, and contractual services in such manner, at a specified time before the Finance Committee acts on the budget and for such future periods as the Purchasing Agent shall prescribe. The requirement for preparing estimates shall not prevent any using agency from filing with the Purchasing Agent at any time a justifiable requisition for any supplies, material, equipment, or contractual services, as defined in Section 1, the need for which was not foreseen when the detailed estimates were filed. The head of each department shall file with the Department of Purchase the name or names of members of his department who shall be authorized to originate requisitions. SECTION 3. CONTRACT PROCEDURE: All expenditures for supplies, material, equipment or contractual services, as defined in Section 1 amounting to One Thousand ($1000.) Dollars or more shall not be made unless competitive bids have been invited thereof. Such bids shall be invited by the sending of letters of invitation on the same day to such number of vendors, contractors, or other qualified persons deemed by the Purchasing Agent as sufficient to obtain fair competition. All expenditures for supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, as defined in Section 1, amounting to Five Thousand ($5000.) Dollars or more shall be made on the basis of a written contract, such contracts to be signed by the Purchasing Agent and the Board of Selectmen. Notices inviting sealed competitive bids for such contracts shall be published by the Purchasing Agent at, least once in a newspaper or journal in the Town and at least five (5) calendar days shall intervene between the last date of publication and the final date for submitting bids. Such notices shall state the general STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 70 description of the article or contractual services to be purchased, where specifications can be obtained and the time and place for the opening of bids. The Purchasing Agent shall, in addition, when possible, solicit sealed bids from at least three prospective-suppliers by sending them copies of•newspaper notices, bid forms, and specifications to acquaint them with the proposed purchase. All pending contracts shall also be advertised by notices posted on a bulletin board in the Administration Building. All bids shall be submitted sealed to the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent may reject any or all bids for any one or more commodities or contractual services included in the proposed contract when the public interest will be served thereby. The Purchasing Agent may purchase the commodities or contractual services in the open market when the public interest will be served thereby provided the price paid in the open market shall not exceed any bid price submitted for the same commodity or contractual services. Otherwise the contract shall be awarded by the Purchasing Agent on the basis of the bid most advantageous to the Town. The Purchasing Agent shall take into con- sideration quality offered with the bid, delivery terms, and the service reputation of the vendor in making the award. SECTION 4. OPEN MARKET ORDERS: All Purchases of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services, as defined in Section 1, the estimated cost of which is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1000.) may be made in the open market . without newspaper advertisement and without the necessity of observing the procedure prescribed by Section 3 for the award of contracts. All such open market purchases exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and less than One Thousand Dollars ($1000), shall, when possible, be based on at least three competitive bids and shall be awarded on the basis of the bid most advantageous to the Town. The Purchasing Agent shall solicit such bids by direct mail request to prospective vendors or by telephone or by public notice on a bulletin board in the Administra- tion Building. The Purchasing Agent shall keep a record of all such open market orders and the bids submitted in competition thereon and such records shall also be opened to public inspection. SECTION 5. EMERGENCY PURCHASES: The only exception to the purchasing procedure outlined in Sections 3 and 4 shall be due to emergencies where immediate procurement is essential to prevent delays in the work of the using agency which may vitally affect the life, health, or convenience of citizens, or rising market conditions, and in such cases a detailed report shall be filed by the Purchasing Agent with the Board of Selectmen and shall be made available to the public. If the services of the Department of Purchase are not available, the head or heads of those authorized by any and all using agencies may, in the case of emergency, purchase directly any supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services, as defined in Section 1, whose immediate procurement is essential to prevent delays in the work of the using agency which may vitally affect the life, health, or convenience of citizens. The head of any using agency making such emergency purchase shall send, within seventy-two hours or sooner, if possible, to the Purchasing Agent a requisition and a copy STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 71 of the delivery slip, together with a full explanation of the circum- stances of the emergency, which shall be filed by the Purchasing Agent as a permanent and public record of the purchase. The Purchasing Agent shall establish, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, rules and regulations prescribing the procedure under which emergency purchases may be made. SECTION 6. INSPECTION: The Purchasing Agent shall inspect or supervise the inspection of all deliveries of supplies, materials, equipment, or contractual services, as defined in Section 1, to determine conformance with the specifica- tions set forth in the order or contract. Any department having the staff and facilities for adequate inspection may be authorized by the Purchasing Agent to inspect all deliveries made to such using agencies under rules and regulations which the Purchasing Agent shall establish. The Purchasing Agent shall have the authority to prescribe the chemical and physical tests of samples submitted with bids and samples of deliveries to determine their quality and conformance with the Town's specifications. In the performance of such tests the Purchasing Agent shall have authority to make use of the laboratory facilities of any agency of the Town Government or any outside laboratory. SECTION 7. STOREROOMS &WAREHOUSES: The Purchasing Agent shall assume control and supervision of any and all present storerooms and warehouses and any which may here- after be established except as he may delegate such authority to any department having the staff and facilities to perform these duties. The Town shall provide a stores fund of sufficient amount to finance the purchase and storage of standard supplies, materials and equipment which may be purchased and stored advantageously. Such fund shall be under the control of the Purchasing Agent who shall also be re- sponsible and accountable for all supplies, materials, and equipment under his control and shall maintain a perpetual inventory system thereof. Such assumption of control shall take place as soon as con- venience allows, in the discretion of the Purchasing Agent. SECTION 8. ESTABLISHMENT OR STANDARDS AND SPECIFICA- TIONS: It shall be the duty of the Purchasing Agent to classify all the supplies, materials and equipment used by the various departments of the Town Government; to adopt standards as to the minimum number, qualities, sizes, and varieties of commodities consistent with the success- ful operation of the Town Government, and prepare, adopt, promulgate and enforce written specifications of all such standard commodities which are used in common by two or more Town agencies. All speci- fications must be definite and certain and permit of competition. The Department of Purchase shall have power to make use of the laboratory and engineering facilities of the Town and the technical staffs thereof in connection with its work of preparing and adopting standards and written specifications. After its adoption, each standard specification shall, until revised or rescinded, apply alike in terms and effect to every future purchase and contract for the commodity prescribed in such specifications. As rapidly as any class of supplies, materials, or STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 1 72 equipment shall become standardized it shall be the duty of the Depart- ment of Purchase to establish standards arrived at as the basis of specifications by which said supplies, materials or equipment shall be purchased. The Department of Purchase shall invite into conference the Town Auditor and two department heads or their duly authorized representa- tives, one of whom shall be the representative of the department most vitally affected, for advice in the preparation of standards and specifi- cations for the purchase of any supplies, materials and equipment required by the using agencies. SECTION 9. ENCUMBRANCE OF FUNDS: Except in cases of emergency, in which he shall within seventy-two _ hours or sooner, if possible, notify the auditor of said purchase, the Purchasing Agent shall not issue any order for delivery on a contract or any open market order unless and until the Town Auditor certifies that there is to the credit of each of the using agencies concerned a sufficient appropriation balance, in excess of all unpaid obligations, to defray the cost of such supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services. SECTION 10. OBSOLETE, SURPLUS, OR SCRAP MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT: It shall be the duty of the Department of Purchase or its authorized agent whenever any property belonging to the Town of Watertown, except real estate, shall have become obsolete, disused, worn out, or scrapped to take charge and control of such property and to keep an inventory of all such items. All responsible administrative heads of each department and board in connection with the Town shall furnish to the Department of Pur- chase, at such times and in such forms as the Purchasing Agent shall prescribe, reports of all material, supplies, or equipment which are no longer used or which have become obsolete, worn out, or scrapped. In the event any of the said materials, equipment or supplies can be used by any other municipal department, the Department of Purchase is authorized to make such material or equipment available for use in that department by transfer with proper notification to the Town Auditor. In the event that the material or equipment, because of its condition, can no longer be used for municipal purposes, the Depart- ment of Purchase is authorized to trade the same in for new equipment 'or to sell or dispose of the same at private or public sale as hereinafter provided. If the value of the property to be sold is estimated to be more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.), the Department of Purchase shall advertise for bids in a newspaper having a general circu- lation in the Town of Watertown for at least one issue and shall award the sale of such property to the highest responsible bidder. Whenever the estimated value of the property to be sold is less than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.) the Department of Purchase may, without advertising, sell said property for the highest responsible offers, obtain- able; provided, however, that a list of the material or equipment to be sold in this manner shall be posted in the office of the Department of Purchase and informal bids shall be solicited for said property. The proceeds of all sales under this section shall be paid into the hands of the Town Treasurer. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 73 SECTION 11. RULES AND REGULATIONS: The Purchasing Agent shall prepare, and from time to time amend, all rules and regulations authorized by these By-laws and any other necessary to its operation; such rules and regulations and amendments thereto shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen. Where the best interest of any department may be served thereby, the Purchasing Agent may, in his discretion and with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, delegate authority to purchase within the department. All such transactions shall clear through the Purchasing Department in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent shall submit before January 15th of each year an annual report on the work of his office as conducted in accord- ance with the provisions of these By-Laws, and may suggest, from time to time, recommendations for changes in said By-Laws which he deems necessary. SECTION 12. It shall constitute official misconduct on the part of any public official or other employee to split or divide any requisition of supplies, materials, or equipment, or contractual services in two or more units for the purpose of evading the contract provisions of these By-Laws. or to violate the procedure as outlined in any section hereof. SECTION 13. The Purchasing Agent shall have power and authority to call upon the head of any department or member thereof to furnish information essential to the proper operation of all functions under these By-Laws.- SECTION 14. The Purchasing Agent shall certify to the correctness of all bills incurred by the Department of Purchase in the following manner; (1) That the materials, supplies, equipment or contractual services were received; (2) That the quality of material, supplies, equipment or contractual services were in accordance with specification or purchase; (3) That all prices charged are fair; (4) That a purchase order has been issued for all materials, supplies, equipment or contractual service before invoice is passed for payment by the Auditor. SECTION 15. These By-Laws will apply to all purchases and contracts only insofar as it does not conflict with any prevailing State or Federal Statute applicable to the Town of Watertown. On motion of Edward C. Hall, duly seconded, it was VOTED: That a Committee of Five (5) be appointed by the Moderator, consisting of the Chairman of Selectmen, Town Counsel, Town Clerk, and two others, to investigate and study the subject, matter of Article 14, of Special Town Meeting held on October 9, 1945, and to report to annual Town Meeting of 1946. ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to create a committee of seventeen (17) to be known as the "Watertown Transit Commission," STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 74 to make a broad and comprehensive study into the transportation problems of the Town; to consult and co-operate with officials of the Boston Elevated Railway and other transportation companies; said committee to be composed of the three (3) Selectmen, the Town Engineer, the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by vote of the Finance Committee, all of the foregoing then being in office, or their successors; and ten (10) others, one (1) from each of the Precincts of the Town, to be appointed by the Moderator; and that a sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated for the use of the Committee in the employ- ment of Engineers and others in the making of studies, keeping records, preparing reports and such other work as may be necessary to make recommendations to Town Meeting members for future action, or take other action relating thereto. (Request of Long Range Planning Com- mittee.) VOTED: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee of seventeen (17) to be known as the "Watertown Transit Commission," to make a broad and comprehensive study into the transportation problems of the Town; to consult and co-operate with officials of the Boston Elevated Railway and other transportation companies; said committee to be composed of the three (3) Selectmen, the Town En- gineer, the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by vote of the Finance Committee, all of the foregoing then being in office, or their successors; and ten (10) others, one (1) from each of the Precincts of the Town, to be appointed by •the Moderator and to make recommendations to Town Meeting members for future action. ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee of seventeen (17) to be known as the "Watertown Industrial and Trade Commission," said Committee to be composed of the three (3) Select- men; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office or their successors; and ten (10) others, one (1) from each Precinct of the Town, to be appointed by the Moderator; for the purpose of establishing desirable light manufacturing industries and commercial concerns within the areas of the Town zoned for these purposes; and to establish an office and employ a paid agent for these purposes; and that a sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated, or take other action relating thereto. (Request of the Long Range Planning Committee.) VOTED: That the Moderator appoint a Committee of seventeen (17) to be known as the "Watertown Industrial and Trade Commission," said Committee to be composed of the three (3) Selectmen; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be selected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office or their successors; and ten (10) others, one (1) from each of the Precincts of the Town, to be appointed by the Moderator; for the purpose of establishing desirable light manufacturing industries and commercial concerns within the areas of the Town zoned for these pur- poses. ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Arsenal and Property Recovery Committee," com- posed of the three (3) Selectmen; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee to be elected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office or their suc- STUDY AND PRACTICE.FIRE PREVENTION 75 cessors; and four (4) members at large, to be appointed by the Modera- tor, from the Inhabitants of the Town, for the purpose of negotiating with the proper officials of the Federal Government for the use of as much of the facilities of the Arsenal property as may become available, by industrial and commercial concerns under whatever plan may seem most feasible, and the restoration of such other properties as may be possible to industrial, commercial and housing use. (Request of the Long Range Planning Committee.) VOTED: That the name "Arsenal Committee," created under Article 31, of Warrant for Annual Meeting of 1945, be changed to "Arsenal and Property Recovery Committee," and that said committee be given powers contained in Article 17, of Warrant for Special Town Meeting, held on October 9, 1945. ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Watertown Housing Commission," composed of the three (3) members of the Planning Board; the three (3) members of the Board of Assessors; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two, (2) other members of the Finance Committee, selected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office, or their successors; and ten (10) members, one (1) from each Precinct of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator; for the purpose of making studies of the vacant areas within the Town, the recovery of non-taxable areas suitable for housing and making such recommendations to the Town for changes In the zoning laws as may seem advisable from time to time, with a view to the development of single family homes and other forms of housing in the preservation of a well balanced housing, commercial and industrial community; that the sum of Five hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated for the use of the Committee; or take any action relating thereto. (Request of Long Range Planning Committee.) VOTED: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a Com- mittee to be known as the "Watertown Housing Commission," com- posed of the three (3) members of the Planning Board; the .three (3) members of the Board of Assessors; the Town Engineer; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the Finance Committee, selected by the members of the Finance Committee then in office, or their suc- cessors; and ten (10) members, one (1) from each Precinct of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator; for the purpose of making studies of the vacant areas within the Town, the recovery of non- taxable areas suitable for housing and making such recommendations to the Town for changes in the zoning laws as may seem advisable from time to time, with a view to the development of single family homes and other forms of housing in the preservation of a well bal- anced housing, commercial and industrial community. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Watertown Employment Committee," composed of the three (3) members of the Board of Selectmen; the Chairman and two (2) other members of the School Committee to be selected by the Committee as a whole; the Town Counsel; the Commander of the Watertown Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Commander of the Watertown American Legion Post; the Chairman of the Board of Health, all holding office at the time of the formation of the Committee, and thereafter their successors; and six (6) members at large to be appointed by the Moderator, comprising two (2) representing Water- town labor organizations; two (2) representing retailers; and two (2) STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION . 76 representing industry; with power to organize as a Town Employment Committee and to establish a Town Employment Department; that the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) dollars be appropriated to engage such personnel as may be necessary from time to time, to carry on the work; and to administer the expenditure of the same, or take other action relating thereto. (Request of the Long Range Planning Committee.) VOTED: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a Com- mittee to be known as the "Watertown Employment Committee," com- posed of the three (3) members of the Board of Selectmen; the Chair- man and two (2) other members of the School Committee to be selected by the Committee as a whole; the Town Counsel; the Commander of the Watertown Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars; the Commander of the Watertown American Legion Post; the Chairman of the Board of Health, all holding office at the time of the formation of the Committee, and thereafter their successors; and six (6) members at large to be appointed by the Moderator, comprising two (2) representing Water- town labor organizations; two (2) representing retailers; and two (2) representing industry; with power to organize as a Town Employment Committee and to establish a Town Employment Department. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to create a Committee to be known as the "Charles River Improvement Committee," composed of the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Board of Park Commis- sioners, the Board of Assessors, the Board of Health, the Finance Com- mittee, and the Town Engineer then in office or their successors, and ten (10) members one (1) from each Precinct of the Town appointed by the Moderator, for the purpose of investigating the needs of the Town in relation to the development of the Charles River and its banks for consultation with the Metropolitan District Commission, and other organizations, the preparation of its findings and the making of reports defining the recommendations of the Committee to the Town from time to time. VOTED: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a Com- mittee to be known as the "Charles River Improvement Committee," composed of the Chairman of the Planning Board, the Board of Park Commissioners, the Board of Assessors, the Board of Health, the Finance Committee, and the Town Engineer then•in office or their successors, and ten (10) members one (1) from each precinct of the Town ap- pointed by the Moderator, for the purpose of investigating the needs of the Town in relation to the development of the Charles River and its banks for consultation with the Metropolitan District Commission, and other organizations, the preparation of its findings and the making of reports defining the recommendations of the Committee to the Town from time to time. VOTED: Final adjournment at 10.10 P.M., there being no further business to come before the meeting. A true record, ATTEST: GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Clerk STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 77 REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CHARLES F. J. HARRINGTON, Chairman 9 Fairview Avenue Watertown 8886 CLARK B. PARTRIDGE, Vice-Chairman 75 Commonwealth Road Watertown 7695 ALBERT P. BROGLE, Secretary 38 Harnden Avenue Watertown 6895 Terms Expiring in 1945 FRANCIS C. BROWN 198 Bellevue Road CARL W. JOHNSON 72 Winsor Avenue HARRY J. LANDEN 72 Standish Road ROY C. PAPALIA 250 Mt. Auburn Street CLARK B. PARTRIDGE 75 Commonwealth Road EDWARD W. SUPPLE 12 Sheldon Road THOMAS F. MEGAN 17 Alden Road Terms Expiring in 1946 ALBERT P. BROGLE 38 Harnden Avenue MATTHEW W. J. CARLEY 48 Evans Street CORNELIUS J. CARROLL 52 Harnden Avenue CHARLES F. J. HARRINGTON 9 Fairview Avenue LAWRENCE E. MALONEY 271 Waverley Avenue SAMUEL K. TARBELL 18 Avon Road EARL' E. YOUNG 116 Irving Street .v Terms Expiring in 1947 LOUIS N. COUSBELIS 744 Mt. Auburn Street ARTHUR I. DAVIS 89 Lowell Avenue HARRY G. ELWELL 150 Spruce Street ELBRIDGE L. FOSTER 66 Emerson Road ALSON H. GOODSELL 105 Garfield Street BERNARD I. LEVINE 11 Appleton Terrace DOMENIC B. RAYMOND 434 Mt. Auburn Street Report of the Finance Committee TO THE CITIZENS OF WATERTOWN: The Chairman of your Finance Committee herewith submits a report dealing with the work of the Committee which resulted in the recom- mendations to the Annual Town Meeting covering the requests for STUDY AND PRACTICE DIRE PREVENTION 7s appropriations submitted by the various officials and department heads authorized by law to make such recommendations and requests. The recommendations of the Committee, attached to and forming part of this report, have been decided upon after careful investigation and study by the Sub-Committees and following full discussion and careful consideration of the needs of the various departments and elected officials in order to efficiently and faithfully render to* our Town the necessary governmental and social services. The various meetings of the Committee were favored with excellent attendance and the individual members freely, constructively and cour- ageously presented their respective views to the end that an intelligent, businesslike decision might be reached. With pride and satisfaction in the accomplishments of my associates on the Committee, this report is presented. Wartime Problems Many of our Town employees are serving their country in the Armed Forces. It is our patriotic-duty to protect their positions, their rights and privileges while they are absent on military duty. If we fail to do so, we shall be unworthy of the sacrifices which they are being called upon to make in order that we may live in peace and comfort. The Commonwealth has made it possible to retain in the service of the Town employees who have reached retirement age but who are still capable of rendering much useful service to the Town, particularly in this period of emergency. It is suggested that our Town officials give serious consideration to the advantages flowing from such legislation and that they invite those employees, physically and mentally able to do so, to remain in the service of the Town during the period of emer- gency. If such a policy is followed, it will be conducive to a better feeling among our soldiers and sailors who, upon their return, may be able to qualify for promotion which would otherwise be denied them. Curtailment in the manufacture of civilian goods has made it diffi- cult to obtain replacement of machinery and equipment which has really outlived its usefulness. Your Finance Committee has given careful consideration to the request for replacements, having in mind that in some instances priority of orders will govern the delivery of equipment when there is a resumption of the manufacturing of civilian goods. In each instance, where the Committee has made recommendations for the replacement of equipment, which may be delayed in delivery, appro- priations have been specifically earmarked. Many requests for contin- gent appropriations have been reduced or denied because of the known impossibility of procuring materials called for during the period of war emergency. We should have in mind, however, that at some future time, it will be necessary to make unusual expenditures to replace equip- ment not replaced during the current emergency period. The shortage of essential materials has made it necessary to defer essential construction and maintenance work. These are items we must also consider as deferred obligations and for which we should consider the accumulation of adequate reserves if we are to avoid unusual financial burdens during a period of possible economic dislocation. Long Range Planning Committee The report of the Long Range Planning Committee will forecast some of the projects and problems which merit our consideration in the STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 79 near future. Your Finance Committee will carefully consider each recommendation and suggest that adequate provision should -be made to finance the post-war program by earmarking certain funds for future use. The diligent and conscientious work by this Committe should be encouraged and it is the suggestion of your Finance Committee that this Committee be continued. We believe that this Committee is best quali- fied to foster its own program. It is our recommendation that the plans of this Committee may be further developed by the Committee or Sub- Committees of the Committee. We urge the selectmen and the various Town department heads to cooperate with and assist the Committee in every way possible. Town Debt The bonded indebtedness of our Town is at the lowest point attained in years. We recommend the continued policy of pay-as-you-go and annual retirement of bonded indebtedness coming due. We strongly recommend against borrowing of money while funds are available for the payment of our current expenses. By the control of our bonded indebtedness and the continuance of the pay-as-you-go policy, we shall continue to maintain the excellent credit standing and financial condi- tion which will invite the continued confidence of bankers and other Town creditors. Salaries In 1942, the Finance Committee recommended the reclassification of all Civil Service positions in the Town. The reclassification was com- pleted by the Civil Service Commission over a year ago. The reclassifi- cation was urged in order that inequities and inequalities in the treat- ment of various employees performing substantially the same duties might be minimized or eliminated. A further objective was the adjust- ment of wages and salaries. Considerable study of the salary question has been made by two Wage and Salary Committees appointed to report directly to the Town Meeting. You are all aware that the report of the first Committee was received by the Town Meeting and subsequently referred to a new Committee, which was instructed to bring in a report in December 1944. As no meeting for the Town Meeting was scheduled during December 1944, it was not possible for a report to be made. In view of the fact that the Town Meeting delegated the matter of salary adjustments to a specially appointed Committee, we believe that it would be inappropriate for the Finance Committee to make recom- mendations for permanent salary increases until the Salary and Wage Committee makes its report to the Town Meeting, unless the Town Meeting should decide to discharge the Committee and restore to the department heads, the selectmen and the Finance Committee, the duty of recommending permanent salary increases. Juvenile Recreation The program of juvenile recreation was inaugurated at the request of a Citizen's Committee interested in the well-being of our juvenile population. Money appropriated by the Town Meeting last year has been used to good advantage under the direction of the School Com- mittee for ten months and under the direction of the Park Department for the two summer months. The ten month program involved heavy responsibilities. The foresight and careful planning of the project STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 80 under the personal direction of Francis E. Kelly, Superintendent of Schools, was described in detail to your Finance Committee. The funds are carefully accounted for and the distribution of work among those who actively superintend the recreational centers is recorded on a card system. Records are kept which show the name, age and number of children interested in recreational activities. The interest of our children in the program amply justifies the wisdom of our Town Meeting members in providing funds to inaugurate this program. The Committee strongly recommends the continuance of the work. Bonus After eighteen months of study, which ended a year ago, the three present members of the Board of Selectmen and the Chairman of your Finance Committee made the following finding and so reported to the Town Meeting in March, 1944: "It is evident that many positions in Watertown have been underpaid for many years. It is the opinion of your Committee that the adoption of this report will do justice to the men and women who have loyally served our community for many years. The acceptance of this report will establish a salary range for the various positions which will attract successors of equal ability and probity. In our opinion, Watertown can afford to do no less." In view of the foregoing finding and in consideration of the fact that permanent salary increases, adjusting known inequities, have not been the subject of a report of the special Committee appointed to recommend a permanent salary scale, your Finance Committee recog- nizes the necessity for making some provision to assist the Town em- ployees in meeting the increased cost of living. The Committee has studied the reports of the Department of Labor and Industries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Division of the Necessaries of Life, and find that there has been a decrease of approximately 20% in the purchasing power of the dollar over a period of normalcy covered by the years 1935 to 1939 inclusive. In other words, the cost of living has increased approximately 20%. This increase has been fairly stable for the past year and, according to best estimates available, will continue throughout the current year. Therefore, your Committee feels that to properly compensate our Town employees and to assure them of the opportunity of maintaining their usual living standards, a bonus of 20%, based on the 1944 wage scale, be paid quarterly to,each employee permanently employed by the Town, subject to the following conditions and restrictions: (a) That every officer and agent entering the service of the Town between January 1, 1945, and December 31, 1945, shall be entitled to receive the regular compensation of his office or position as well as this temporary increase. (b) That the words "salaries or wages" as used in this recommendation shall include all compensation from the Town paid to officers and employees by the Town Treasurer, but shall exclude overtime. (c) That this temporary increase in salaries shall be in effect only for the period beginning January 1, 1945, and ending December 31, 1945. (d) This temporary increase in salaries and wages shall not be termed or construed to be a portion of the regular STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 81 compensation of any officer or employee now or formerly in the service of the Town. To carry out the provisions of this recommendation, it is recommended that a sufficient sum be appropriated from the Excess and Deficiency account for an account to be termed "extra emergency compensation" and that the Town Auditor be empowered to determine the amount due each individual and to arrange for the payment of the same by the Town Treasurer quarterly in the customary manner. Bureau of Veterans' Affairs The returning veteran must be ampfy provided for in accordance with the law. The problem confronting him in his efforts to readjust himself to civilian life is one which receives the sympathetic, friendly and intelligent consideration of the personnel presently comprising the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs. The work of this Bureau is increasing rapidly. It is likely to continue on the up trend as the War draws to a close. We must be prepared to meet the demands of this Bureau and to make adequate provision for retaining the services of the trained executive head and personnel. Welfare Department This Department presented to the Finance Committee an elaborate plan for expansion of the department in anticipation of an increased case load. The plan appeared to provide for an unnecessary number of supervisory positions. It likewise called for an integration of employees handling cases which are now subject to local appropriations only with cases which are partly reimbursed by the Federal Government and wherein the Federal Government has control over the salary schedule to be paid to employees. In our opinion, such a program would wrest from the hands of our citizens the right to determine the proper per- manent salaries to compensate for the quality and quantity of work performed by employees in this division. We believe our citizens should so far as possible control their own affairs and hence, we recommend that a minimum number of employees be assigned to the work involving Federal Government contrbiutions, in order that the members of the Town Meeting may have uncontrolled authority over the compensation to be paid as many employees of this department as possible. If this sug- gestion is followed, there will be a minimum of discontent arise because the duties and salaries of employees are beyond the control of the Town officials and the members of the Town Meeting. It is the present opinion of the Finance Committee that this depart- ment is equipped with sufficient personnel to meet the requirements of the department for the current calendar year. It is the desire of your Finance Committee that this department be in a position to fairly and impartially administer to the needs of our underprivileged citizens dependent upon the Town for assistance. We are giving careful con- sideration to all necessary requirements to promptly, efficiently and courteously place in the hands of the beneficiaries of Town Welfare Aid the benefits due them with the least possible embarrassment. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 82 Conclusion On behalf of the Finance Committee, our appreciation is expressed to the Town officials, department heads and individual citizens who have willingly and patiently assisted the Committee in the performance of our duties. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to serve with my colleagues on this Committee. They are a fine, generous, civic minded and patriotic group of citizens whose activities on behalf of the com- munity are rendered unselfishly and without partisanship. Their recom- mendations are in the interest of good business management of our Town affairs. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES F. J. HARRINGTON, Chairman VOTED: That the Report of the Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee be adopted as the Report of the Committee. ALBERT P. BROGLE, Secretary March 1, 1945 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 83 w o p o00 00000 00000000 0000 a)-0 o 0 000 00000 0000000tn o000 0 o 0 000 00000 0000000Cj opoo a) o to o00 000uno 00000tnLpo 00o0 Obi EH• M vj.-i to O M�-i�-i.-i.-i M.••�.--i.-i co.•-� .N-t!M rti U Uv o� CD CD 000 0000o O00000po 0000 o O o00 00000 0000000tn o000 Lo o 0 000 00000 00oo=CDLO o000 � tea) to O 000 OpoNN O OppWCV OtnLW OCON O �..0 '"� M OO LO OMto CDC OQ)O)CDN •-t M CD a) to .-t N to .-t. 1 .•-i Lo.-•t -4.-1.-t .-I Ili" r♦ .o •cr O O O OOO OOOOdV Op0to LV M-4 OO top e r O O O C-0 0 0 0 0 0 O o O t D M M •W O O p C t p Oto OOOoOpO NCa t C)U-j O t M Lod D to 7C OB. M M M CD fD C�7 N .-/ tD L W t N tJ_Ln L L O 1n M M W M r. ~ tr y O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 M O O O p 0 0 V O O 000 00000 0000 Co CD of Op00 cn O O C O O O O o o O 0 0 Cl 0 O to L 0 0 0 M L+ O to 0 0 0 0 0 0 c .-4 O O O O Lo L co O O O tp F. O M to CD to NL tc L—W M rl M tDtoOL O � '1 .-( M.-i.•-t.-i.-i M H .-i.-i r•i Ch.-1 04 04 F < F a w 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . : N . . : CD G C) 4� - N .� Lam }�i, y j '.i i •,.� :� La y : : Cd co Ri H Cd �r CS X 4 .Ci°� Off^ .'�. '�' .O. ��:� .�W �� ACU A �nU �, Ah .xa) F0 a)Oo1-4 U)U (u �,, a) �. � n (u c�d U U a) rn o 005�0.-m-14 pY Q :n U �w Q • iY w Q) ..y iti N i-1 .� U V � V to i-1 Wl y U ��a) "" aa4 te ::00 od ) o 5 y cd a) o : 0 o �cn citU0 �E+ wuouo0 o0AAP4coH �0 l< wv1U STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 84 cn 00oQo 0 0 0 0 0 000 00 �.° 00o00 0 0 � o 00000 0 0 0 00 -4.. ci o o to to to CD CD 00 CD O CD CM �.¢,¢, to 0 " v -4.-ItiN N N �N Mr1ri �o O 00 cqcq� O u U (D 'o 00000 0 000 00000 Qoo 00 C) O O O O O O O o 0 CD O CD O O O O O CD CDtyl7 O O Q O O O 0 0 0 0 0 p 0 0 O to 0 0 0 ¢� cu OCoN Oto O OQO 000 c0 CD CD OQO 00 T Q.Z .-+ OicDN1 O OLf?O OOON O OdwO QCp -W N cV M— N to 1 O1.4 P4 .O 0 O O O M M O to O O O O O m O O W �'g 0000 00 O O m OOOO W OCD to d; mZ O ON M M O to CD O CD Od4 00 cm"IV .n•. O O L O M O C) O O O O M O O O 0o .-4 CD d! O c cc v?d!r1= O L 00 Co X ai.--�.-1 •-1 r-t N .-i M.-4 -4 .--1 cl w ° 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O O O O 0 0, �4+' 00000 O O O OOOO OOo 00 Q.c d C C O O O O O O O O O O to* 16 O O O QQMLo0 O O O OOOOM M . to .--1 Lrp eH r-t O to O O CD to d!rl N to C• 00 N O d' .-1 .4 .4 N .r N N M r I r t. 1 r--4 N .14 in tin L'. Qt. C C)ito 0 � Q � En cl cd� CS cd s x .NOS 00 ai Q 0 U a(/2p y y c� � Ei o El �U �+�CA 0 AaU E; A +� A��UUa�i ° >oamooi�U °' °' rno i a� tw U f. F0 v on �'+ bD Arn bA O n V o o.- U2 ;. � " U O:„• 0 y, ': V d Cd +� y rR r CJ O c3 u CS m O cS sr O R z; U cJ t~ O O O � ¢ac�tiU �r�¢U or�¢ ati0caa U) �°�U ¢ w a Ei a w STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 85 0 00 o S 000 d. 00000 ooSo 00 ooSo O O O M ui 666 QUO p 0 0 0 Vi'dt O O 0 0 O O O O CD 00 00 N to to 0 �%0000to CDN 00 00 0000 W CON N to Co.C:M cdNtoMCOO cq t.-t NM McovM M .i .y r• '-t rl O N.••t A—4.4 to M M to to to 0 .•t O O O O O O O O�CD CD CD CD CD 0 0 0 0 O CD CD CD CD CDO O O O O O O O O O O O O O co O O O O O O O O O 0 0 M to O O O S O O O to 0 O 4 0 0 0 0 O O O O co CD C D 0 0 N CD CDN O p O C•t o C V N O O O O O O O O Vr N to N CD N •^t co Vt CV to c+7 CD O c N V;t-t N M O O d'O M .1 1-4 r-i N N.•-t N.-1-4-4 -4 N M dt [-CD 00 .-4 N ri 0 0 '--1 W O O O N O M c0 C• t..� O L O OR O 00 O M 00CD -,:V MN to Vt 00 OC- ONOO N O to V to to to O O L-N CO C*l CD.-t O cT 00 O CD O 00 M 00.--4 t--4 N 00[-M Cy N tf� CA N NM. N M M C:er CO C7j .--t t•-I t--1 .-t '-t r 1 r-t to M 00 M to to-W M M c* O CD O O CD CD CD O O O O O O O CD CD H O O O O O Cl O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O S N O O O O O O O O O O O eH O O O O O O O O 00 O to to to toto0 0000 CO 00 00 W 0000 O 004 -4 Vt 00 L:-1 v!M C'?cD 00 -!•4 N M +� M 00"t M .-4 -1-t-4 to M O M to to to QA z 0 rB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . z o : U : c cs N _ . :0 . . . . . . � 4 as cdto In 0 bA ¢,'a qC P4 p a) h'Z7 cd cV' d a: cG a) � 14 y o 00 c* . 0 x. a�� 0f-lU1 U Q 4-4 AW ti •tu cd 00 O z cci O a) cd Cn q4 Aca0d w.ia,O•:-ri .O:+ O ; pOa 0 o z A d Wmto c3 cd m ,4-t.s,. .0 W.W.0 OO yO O bAti ti +JC d CS f - - ) � � cd C cd c3 cdW— u cda cd cl a) �v cdc: M0 . cdcdc3cd� l) i+ 2 ,E �E�o oU1P0cl 0co0 co m co co W 1•7 Q+ P E-+ 0.t q 04 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 86 tq CD CD O O O Q CD O O O CDO O O O O O O O O O O d '� O O CD CD CDO CD O CD CD CDO O CD CD CDO O O O O O O to 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 O to O O M O O y� C) ONO" OOdt000to OOOOOMOOCA00 M... G�' m� O�O��`M�CD 00 CM„�^� NN~ CO M cli CF Sc-i C9 .r O O U a' o S CD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 000000000 00000000000 n 6004= 0m0C0o0 00000tn o m en co i2. a) OOOONm W NO Oto 00000Lo00000 ¢, O cc to to Midi to c)to M 00 O Lq Co 0 C 4 .4 O C`cm to Qt O t- CDCV-4 cn O r-t dt O"1 M MGM m CID" -4 'Cf C> MO toCDr. OotoL 0000000 to114 OL O O L N O 00 Cn to O tfJ 0 0 0 0 0 00 11! *-t ,--1 O N tf� tf� Mm M'dq NNO 0 m a t"MOO = =O'W Le to OM O 00 m N N O L^ m to.-4 N W,-t m co W t tom4 co M M 1 ti CD O N 1-4 N tD N ti tR L". dt 0 -:v O O O (D O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 'dt t70000000 000 000 OOOOL:OOto o)... Mto C)00 Lo 00 0000 = 00 OOO C7 .-4 to ON NNON O C-VWO OOON C- 00 OOOOMto 000 oO t` Ntndt 000toM N N c+•) •-OcoV L--4tNUJo.-1 Ota ; C,4 to 0�'-�-4 00 M M r--1.-1 .� m Co O N N"L- r-t CV �i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m O . . . . . . . . . .cr o a' t", : `� `z� : �� cu c. . . . . .. c � va�i ; : chi ter~ A� � �� � cdv . .. y .. Ua m +� O o d0 c3 . pq � s.w oau � a� `� � y U cd I U m to e3 Cn y� o 0 � o 1 G G cd U O� oN w �•-1•� cd � O cd Ua� •" �'� Qcdc5Sc: c�dE I w a� cd c3 td o a; td o c) 0E-4 �DNt4gPWZ14pmZ ! tw mom Pf do Pf z � w STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 87 co 0 oop pp po o 0 0 o 0 o Oo o 00 00 0 000g oo po tap otn o0 000 00 �O Q, o000 00 oto N O .�-tN 00 0oto Mu) �O �+ OOOO 00 O h- to QJO OO 0000 t-N �,N 00 N -4 M 00 1� c0 00 to -4 N 00 to uj O.�i O N N d' Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O CD O O O 0 0 0 g O O o O( . O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 0 0 0 0 0 O C O O tD O O N O O tit O to Qi0 ON OL-00 00 O N O01 COO 00 00000 C-N000 00MrlM COW 04O to 00 O -4 C'3 MpO CO 00 th N r•i N O O Cl O O O N M O O O O t`p O O O .•� 00 O O O M q W O 00000 OO 00 .-i .4 .-tNO 00 (M Ln M O CD toO 00 OL dtN 000 00 OC-O O 00 N M .-4 M 0 v to 00 C0 O r q N O'W 00 N N N rt r-I M O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O S O tD 0 00 O O O O O O O o 0 0 0 0 0 O to N O .-i N a) O O O O O CDO tfJ 0,CD 0 o CD N to m O O O O O 00 to t1) 00 N .-t M .--t VW GD cH to 00 to O -4 N 00 to 00 N N N .••� .-i �}i cq cu Z : ho Wtw wHU cJ cd U14+ �U�U v�M : w cJ �E-i a y y^ td o Oww j", w cdw�+ td tdw caul Www tad d aJ bc A�vO.'ira",lA~�t-CWa H 1�O Otd CD ?1 N' NO NO y 21� E� � C3 Cd 0� cdU � � � t d cd cd cd cOdd oue o d , a .7 s 0Ocasa) � ac3 ° cd U2U1UE4 b-ut2dU 3 co to m Z Ea STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 8B Lo 00 0000 00 000000000 o'Ci 00 � 0000 � OO 0000000 00 y otn �2 c0000 p r-0 0000tn0000 y y O t• L f�0 0� N O O O O O N 1' O O O Lo MtA cs NL1�M"t Cd Vt 00 tbMNN VtOd!00 m O th 0 r-q00 N dt 0 N.•r M M+-t fO CV O U U ° c3 000 oo00t0 oo O000O0000 p ooc� 0000 O00000000 to ottoo 0000 c000tric000 � w omLo o00wo 000 o00ooNtn000 m p oNN mtoce)wv LoM CMV00wtnwoo cr C-i ci ter"- ter".-t Vr M r o ci C) N N Qi ya] 00 to.-+ O 000 000 OOO OLOO N N to 'o 00 N L;C7 000 000 (DO0000GV a)e}W O C) Z Otf] -- O; O W Otf] Lz6 Ct;Ot6N �� O to OL— 0 M C NNL N m 0000.--4 EOM —4 V) to CD w m oo m dt r eq M c!v-v g al to 00 W M CON N .i M N N 1-4 't � O � O O O O 0 to O O .••t 0 0 0 0 Cat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O oo tioo oqo 00 0 0000c0oo 0 C. ctri c) oo CD to Lo L- c o 0000tri000 c ON 0000 00 L— Lr NO OO OON UC QC Lo C' La to Lo M 00 dt O dt 00 V 00 M N L•w O O O 00 O M N N N.-i M M N � � z �i O H H Fd a . . . N O+ cu. Q) : COD, : : to o 0 �, . .�p O cu L) h bA hA A O i'' "• .v. S'i O cd "4-1 cci «i� V2aL) s. ' a�i UwOOQt o 0U ) 0 W o oRi q ° v ° � A " HU 3 �� cOi O GS cs x a) 4. td O c s, (z 0) o O a) oror�w P a) O 4)za, zx <4 o a) Nz raAUU x w A x STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 89 0 000 00 0 000000000000000 0 000 00 0 000000000000000 o co 00 0 o o oo G L66 d; o o 00000 0 C)ut o0 0 0oo0or- Oto0000000 O d!N M to.-t O C- .-4 C^W M N O M.•-t O U'�Lo M Ln O C9 M M O[W O CV N �-•i N O-4 M N O Cl 0 0 O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O C O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O O 0 0 0 C7 0 M O C7 CD 0 C7 C7 0 Cl O O to N O O O O O o N O O O O O O O O O O O C` toN W to.--t CD to OOM OOCC-4OLO to MLOO M C- W M'-+ .1 W Cj Ci d;C7 N N r-t N to ti M N O 0000 M C- W W C- O O O O O W O W W .-t N N CD M O 0 -10 q O C: MC7 OOOO tf» OvWNCV 0D C0.•! N O ONO N -4 M C-N OOOO MCD to Cl C7 Lot-C-Mc) O O 00 O M Oo Lo o.-I Cl O O O M.-t to M C7 00 N-1 O cn CD 'V_ M W M O M W 00 N.-t N d;.N Lo v m N v M M m co V M 1 .-/ CDC-00 cl N W *y to N IM to M O O O O O O O O O 00 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O C7 C7 C7 O C7 to C7 to C7 O CD O O CD O to d•M O O C7 CD C7 Co O 000 OO C-to Co -4 c� OOOOOC- toN 000000 co M O to to L_- L�.1 M N m.4 O 0[.)U-3 O O O C7 t 1-4 MM-4 •-4 O C-MNNto•4 CV N ✓ N w w ►r M rW �1 Q W W a . . . . . . : : : d cd ° . : N o "4� U N a� ,moo � � +� c°i � � a� ° c� � ..� a� � U � a� cz 0p wHy ° a) v o ; G�.0.i ° U1UlU a> s�. � H � rnAF+ R o °o a� k ` xy � 0 A o �'c3U x Z o ca O Fi f�{ y '.'�' A +-' .�i hUD.'� Cad S. '�'C j �"O 0ll Sr:�+-�4u I +� cd M +� r o, cd0z do a ;. ° .. �cScn :. c,� cs > cdo � � C trz �EQ rnvoo� � intro � v� < wco0t= 0;>0 1o0< U s:4" STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 90 n oogoo .04 p op o 0 0 0 0000 0000000 W o000 00 0000 x. ;, 00000 ;-, R Q) r: o00 �,p,p, Looc CD 0, 000o p,p,ou0000 ac, .•� 0 W CD CD O,Q. 000O OO 00 00 00 00 r�„�,�,N N000 �,O �fl•.r d OOtf� Lf�OO •W w a?!V!V V � �, e!!MMNCA � O F N M d� cd O O O a M N N .-i. i.-i O O.-i.-i. .r O CD M 00 U ° r4 •O 0 0 0 0 0 0 d4 0 0 CD CD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 6 pp0000 co 00 00 0000CRCR00000�0 LM s, n ; 66c) 000 00 0000 - -c0000�o " a rJ 450M1:11O 0000 N00 OON N cnm 03"64NN00 m ¢, � OOO uo NO Lj tfl0 .-1 co N N CO CO C C 45 to CD CD M O"O Q' ti C ,1 CD*i r-i C9 v N N N .-i.-i'"� '"�.-�.--i.-i r•i.-i c0 CD 114 't3 O O Op er N O W "i O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 Q� CD MO00 W 000000 OOOOM Lq .••� .-1 CD m OcV M000000 Oto OCDti L kM 000000 C 'W 00 mco co c0 N [V OOCD O N N .•-� r-i .--i .-. .-i.•�.••�.•a ai N M M � N O � O p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O •� 0 O p t[>0 0 0 O O p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CC O... O O O C O O O O 6 ui 0 6 0 O �•r co op mc C U] C pHy 0 0 0 0000 W CO NNOO CD O •W d!lll�V! I!V:'W t7!MM NC'O O O N CD 0) N.q N N N .-4.-i.-i to z � w q q q p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. 3-4c?0 �� clad o °Ww . . . . : ° _ 0 �3 0cd ° xxx�x QU2N off' '�`�'� w � ' 0 0 0 0 0 0U°: ay a' °�'�' � .. — ° sE �+� C.) +, cacao � q y % c��scictl 00000 � ° `� � � a°i � aaia�i � 000000'c C) W wz �zHU b � au2u2U2u2U2v2u2P.U2U2u2hti0 U2 cn U2 cn a STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION' 91 000 0000 0 0 0 00000 000000 0 000 0000 oo0g0go0o00 000000 0 000 0m0o o 0.0000 0000 000000 0 000 0000 0 ¢,0a0tn090$00 oo00 �n0 0 tf�00 .-4NOO �-4 �NC90000 00 t+] NONM� L? toNON 14totVN N °.-i�-i CNNMN Lcl er.-i NM O O O Co O O O O O O O O O p O 0 0 0 0 Cl Cl O O O O O O O S O O O O O O O O O Cl O O O O O O O O 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O u-; O O O O N 0 0 N O N O O O O O O O e4 O O O O N n0M GV =OO -4c� M000000 OIq CCN V Lo N Co�M .-=vi M M +-i cO N N cli cl co M W�--� tz 000 00000 O OM ul� to OO to -4 000000 0 Co O O OU-3 0 0 Co Co C.N N O O-W 0 O O O OR tG O Iq t M O O L—O O O O N N 6 O 0 0 O O O 0 0 O —4 "MN O-4 ON O LoLot0 L MN0O O000 W O ul) OWN - 00N - �!NLo 0t7)N0Uri M Ili O.-tM u) .-•4 N.-4 M .-i N.-4 N .q O-4 N N .-4 -tv ",v.-i O to O 0 0 O O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O C o O 0 0 Cl 0 O Cl O o O O o O O O M O Cl Cl O O O O 000a O00'OO O 6L60in0000""1 in OOOOOO O O O N O C`0 0 O Lo M t`L-0 a M I=> -1 00 O O O O m O O OON "L 00 . r•i•O0m000Ow CD OON M La W 4 M .••�O N N N ri r•1 to CV CV tp-4C."). �d� d� •-� �••� CD O N m W h•1 M� W o c . . . . . . ° Q : cd e3 .,., . . . . . O O to 4 0 . . . a .'". :. . cd cu cu y y ti �•'N W O O O �U0 h0 wtDU2aQi -'�.� CS . � �w O a�i0 d F+ i-a .— Q) :.. O W OED V U a CIO cd Pam -. � � �, Lresczzw (u V 0 � `as A cd y. Qi i. Lo c O O. cd 4) (U u ,, a� �., co �zs O to ° a; cs ? o o ° CR r ro o a,u] u)QFOQ 9 H a U) U2 U] STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 92 w 00 00000000 Ooo 0000000 0000 Oro 00 tD0000o00 000 O0oo0oo Oo00 y 0 CD O to O CD 0 0 fP O CD CD O O CD LD O CDN O O CD CD O Lo y � O O CDCDO CD O b O c)CD O Co� O N CD O m 0 0 � 0 0 N L0 0 0 -4 tf)0 0 to O O N c) -t to O c)to a Co O CT CD CD V, 00 m M N O Lo CV O Co .-+ L-M 00 H c1l 00 t!) ti O U U ° 00 000000 0 000 0000000 0000 p 0 O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O "' W 0 0 Cj O c;ci 6 6 C O tC3 0 0 O«) O O N O O tq O O LO . C) OO OOO OOO CD a) Nto•W ON OO to CD CD erOON —4 Otfl OO t!)OON 00-4 Lo O OtoC) 0cp MOMCD .(4 D —4 M Nv N O.O-i N CD t-t N M t�-t .�ti M M .cl ,W V 00 CD N M Nt:00 to Crl tf3 000 O .-10mC) dC OM 0 er N O N to Co Co v7O MCA Oto O 00N m m 00 co —4 O a; O cV C6 a;N CA CT CnN MC0 O_; ._; ) to _; N CA c;to CAo " MCS)OmCTmO wto CA .-iO -4to dt O (M O kC) O O eM w 'd!'cM m m 14 r-1 N M M M -1 cM N .--C .-4 O W ti M cotZ N O.�ti �••t Q) Co tD cl.-C 00 . Co to M M 00 00000000 00 0000 tl30 000 O "t Z 0 0 Co 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O M O O O O O m OC tf)OOOOOG CD CD CD Lo C) CD Lo CD CD CD C7 O :-+ O O o O O O O O 0 0 O O p N O C . 00 O O O O O00 .-t U)to to to O ON Mco O 00.-t to ONN O Ly 00 cz M N M.may CVO CD .-a M.-C M O to.. Qi run gd . O �. cC U Op!1•�t cd rn - O W Q u 'O O O ni Q) N to �4, 0 'W cd a 0.� �" .. L: cd Cq ) cu U s- O y 0 Cd I m ° m v j Nd 9.4 cd O Z W HE 14-D U)m W STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 93 000000000 0 000000 00000otn000 O tf 0 0 tD 0 0 0 0 �O O O O O O N 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O ON OW to, 0000 �,O OOOOOell t�-O Oto OOMd400 �.•-�MMNt- CD MOO CD MNN"1O-1 MOttRgcOmC CD Mr�•CNO GV N tt).ti +-+M O.•r M N N.••�r-i to O rr t-.-� .� ."� M .--� o M 000000 O00o 0000000 O«70000tn000 O to00000 0000 OOOO ONO tDN OOOOO tf) 00 O N 0 00 0 0 N C O O O O O 6 C;6 N N O CD 0 0 00 d4 0 0 or-t0W OO CM-iv OO OOONNOO to C- CDt- OOt19c}4Lf) O tD-4CD 00 d4OC?d4 OOOmCDOO to OCDLf�OMMrrN O 0] M O N .-i M M N.•-t It C6 M r-i.-i C-co C) C• r-i.-� r-i M 1 r4 M O O to O N N O O 0 0 0 0 0 00 M d• N O to O to C) a 00NNtp O O OOOOON er MN OCR O.•-! c r M ONQ»NO d• to 000OOCD 00 -4M I- NOc7tptD (0 O r•t C)CD 00 C) m to 000000 d4 mm C) NO to N d' r- r-t-4 L'O in O 00 O M N N IN r-r tf tq C!Lq 00 L M to.-+ "q O N r•t t[) 1 N O M CV N -4 -4 Lt, 00 CD ri tr) ti N N 00 000000 o d+ o00000 0000000000 O to 0 0 0 to 0 O e r QOQ�� O O O O O N 0 0 0 O O O O M t 1] O O ON CD cc tf)CD G .••t O') 00000N I✓ O0ul) CD 00 C) 4=4 C) N tD OOOOON CROON OON '�M UFO r•t 00.-4 t-CV m to � M N CV d• .-t n M O to N O M .--� .-�N O CV .--t tf)r-1 r-i N d• M M N 0V M r♦ 00 ry M O '-t w H 11 . . . . . . . o lu a� U v 0 a a)i d U) a) �.u1wQ'tU te (' C.) 11) o cd � 0 as cd a o � o°� 0 0 00 W CD� U�", � �'*Z:w z o� �cn�nawzzzatcnxti �cnu�u�awcn o>zzUz3w a 3 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 94 V] O N Lo O O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O'o O er CO L, O O O O O O M N 0 0 0 0 0 O S y d -40L- �i 0 SSO SS mSS SOOp 000 to O M N CD N tfldt0 t-m of co Lo 1iNM Ei cn OM O u Uq pi 'a ONtoO O OOO CD Co coOOOOOO OO p a) O d! 00 O O 0 0 0 O O M N 0 0 0 0 0 O O ' t V -+ O N O O O O S O S 6 m O O O S S 0 0 0 D Md!L_C to Uo00m 00 C-L-tflMLo0CD OM �i N tD CV L Il r.t� M CO L d't M .--1 Qi CD000 co W CDN OM 0000-105-4 m f) 00 W T1 Lo tD O 00 L: 00.-4 to O.- dw L: O O L'7.-C M O O N O.-i000 N OtDto OQi 6dt000d• NC) OO MMO" to tO-CM OL Oco MO L- "400 co to M 00 LOB D M " 00 to 000 00000M co cq cq OM W cl .-t L6 M N O M t. CV C O� O W O O O Ln O O O O 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 O.-1 O O O CD tt�<D O O O O O O S CD O R N 0 0 0 C-O O O O .� 1-4 --iC5O O 000 00 s-4titn0CDv 00 00 .+ M M O O O O 0 0 0 O co CD N O O[ O O 00 to .^.� C;00 to Lo O - to-4 N O O Ct„0, O tD O M Mtn O O M N C N U6 d� N N 00 N CO to .-i N tfJ r-1 �„ CD F C-'� Ifj M M O � F A w z F : rh W U cd V cd to o d o � yho o cs (It' � I y•O �� .0 ^y �. Sl � as 0 � u c� o a�i tL d o o v G4 0 � td� � �oQ U o o� I w A 0 cd (L) y o�� =a; m.o Otcno a� Q' W a > scdMOo +' f aicdo a ' a Ocd o..� Ecscdo tali �� W a) STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION e 95 poporcoOpo Ooo c oc ocgcccOp 05o5 oo 0 o pp oo0 0 000 -.-ioi000 aCCc; ¢,p,aaamoo cli tc'�UOMO)-4000 aLo00 N L�«�NONOtoO cl aaaaaa cd cd C3 C4 cd SOS Cl l��•-� .r C•• Lo O O 00 t` M O O O O O O O O O O O O O p p O OOOOCbm 000 R 000000000 pp co O OO C-r4 A O O O O O CDO O�O 7000 pp p CV U� oOM rCOOOOOTOO000OOOtopONt-CflN�NO 0Lo0Npp di .-i N O C;O.1 to N N N Cj O N M Co -1 l!') Co O N m N (fr O O M O N o 0 C'- O N Lq 00 N Oq!N O to Co N N+M co 0) co O O N co r- CD•t N L'CD O N O to tf>.•i 00 M to N M .-r cm cci ca O O O O N O O O O O O 00 O O v!N O O p O0 OCV O-4 CD 00 OOco �oM 0m=000 t6- CA CD O Lo d; r-I M to 00 m .1 d� N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N ;.. 00 N •CON y r N �i y f'. '.•r.Oi D :,., . . ' ;�<4 v L'r 'CM M �+ N y.i �"�.2 M M i•+ f i CU O N V) cd� r/]M it Q, t�/J U 4 (nUUON �+ a �0 :r � CdOc3,� S].Zo aid .�w cd 0 � UC)i Cu OObDOA .. �. OSC. cs� O .� i� r0i) cd f: OUa 0 cd 30 bUFUU1 ' ~ w+ pHa� w C y ice. L. bDw bA Ti :, R y Q� 'm^ O cC ai Z� L � u ccooao 'ocscs0o a� � � 0 c� 0x w � H0Uwa ¢ 40m0-n3 �xwc)ow STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 96 REPORT OF FIRE DEPART``IENT January 5, 1946 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I hereby submit the following report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1945, together with recommendations for the ensuing year. Tho membership of the Fire Department on December 31, 1945 is as follows: One (1) permanent Chief; one (1) permanent and two (2) act- ing Captains; two (2) permanent and two (2) acting Lieutenants; one (1) Mechanician; one (1) Call Captain and fifty-five (55) permanent Privates. At the present time there are four members of the Fire Depart- men' in the Armed Forces whose places are temporarily filled by mili- tary substitutes. During the year eight members were honorably dis- charged from the Armed Forces and restored to active duty in the Fire Department. The total number of alarms for the year was 594, an increase of 45 over previous year. In addition the Fire Department assisted the Police Department responding to 260 calls with the Ambulance. During the critical coal shortage the Fire Department made over 1100 deliveries to- talling 211,200 pounds of coal, bearing in mind that during the heavy snow fall and blizzard the Fire Department worked day and night when coal companies either refused or were unable to deliver. Fire alarms wero as follows: 121 Bell alarms, 473 Still alarms, 22 False alarms. In almost every case of False Alarm the local Police Department were able to trace the ones responsible and disciplinary action was taken. In$urance Values Losses Insurance Paid Buildings $ 530,300.00 $ 32,819.75 $ 548,100.00 $ 32,569.75 Contents 570,255.00 22,541.50 556,600.00 20,741.50 $1,100,555.00 $ 55,361.25 $1,104,700.00 $ 53,311.25 Fourteen reportable fires not included in above record are in the process of adjustment. During the year several fires were of a suspicious nature and these were subsequently turned over to the State and local Police for invest- igation. For a brief period during the recent War the general public expe- rienced the fundamentals of alertness, preparedness, etc., in case of air attacks. The Fire Department must ever be alert and prepared for any emergency to properly protect life and property from fire. The Fire Department cannot for one moment neglect its vigilance and prepared- ness; there is no such thing as postponing a fire or other emergency. Therefore, I strongly urge that all non-departmental duties assigned to the Fire Department be eliminated from Fire Department duties thus keeping our department strength at a maximum. Non-departmental duties performed by this department in the past has substantially interfered with department duties. I recommend that two (2) additional officers be provided to the fire fighting forces, namely Deputy Chiefs; appointment subject to the STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 97 rules and regulations of the Department of Civil Service. The Water- town Fire Department is one of the very few Fire Departments opera- ting under the prevailing conditions in not having chief subordinate officers. This makes necessary assigning one or more officers from among officers of similar rank to act in the capacity of Deputy Chief. This is bad practice and should be corrected by making permanent officers rather than temporary assignments. I recommend the appointment of five (5) additional men to the department on April 1st. The present departmental strength (men on duty) is practically the same as in 1929. This is due to the change of working hours from the Two Platoon to the so-called Ten Group plan. During the vacation period from May to November and due to injuries and sickness the department is reduced to dangerous propor- tions. The tremendous increase in building- construction both in prog- ress, contemplated and past, together with the diversified service rend- ered by this department demands an increase in our manual and phy- sical force. The. Fire Department must keep pace with the growth of our town, otherwise we are permitting a condition to exist which may result in costlier future expenditures. The members of the department do all the painting of buildings and repairs to same when such repairs are of a nature that does not require outside aid. The department mechanic makes all necessary re- pairs to apparatus and department equipment outside of shop work, thus saving considerable expense. Hose Fire hose is undoubtedly the most important individual item of fire fighting equipment. With the service demands on this important equipment the life of fire hose is usually less than ten years. Hose should be purchased each year to insure a minimum amount being dis- carded at one time. Due to the war and rubber shortage no hose has been purchased by this department since 1942. During the past several years 2,500 feet of hose has been discarded as unfit or destroyed and has not been replaced. Several hundred feet more shows signs of doubt- ful wear, is unsafe for first class equipment and shall be used as second grade for dump fires. Therefore, I recommend $2,000. for the purchase of fire hose. Insulation I repeat my recommendation that attic areas of Fire Headquarters and Station No. 2 be insulated. The attic areas of said buildings are so-called blind areas and are unheated. The rapid exit of heat during the winter months from the heated portion of buildings through to the attic areas is not only a loss of heat but is expensive as well. During the hot summer months the pent up heat in the attic is rapidly transmitted to the floors below and due to the use and construction of the floors below it tends to create a condition that is both uncomfortable and unhealthy. I recommend $975. to insulate Headquarters and Station No. 2. Grading I repeat my recommendation for grading and improving the general conditions at Station No. 2. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 98 The side driveway is broken over its entire surface and much of the cement has been displaced from wear and poor foundation. The yard area is well below the grade of the surrounding land which causes the water shed from surrounding land to empty in the yard at Station 2. This tends to make a swamp-like condition and water to enter cellar of Station No. 2 which in past years has caused considerable damage. The yard mentioned above is the only place for the members of Station No. 2 to conduct limited fire drills and department evolutions. Considerable damage has also been caused by trespassers as the yard is open to rear and sides. It is obvious that the present conditions should be remedied, there- fore I recommend that proper drainage facilities be provided; that the driveway be re-surfaced; that dirt yard area be surfaced; that a wall with fence be constructed at the lot lines, and that $6,000 be appropriat- ed for same. Tires I cannot urge too strenuously the replacing of tires on the apparatus mentioned below. The danger to members of the department as well as to pedestrians and motorists on the highway in case of a blowout, plus the inability of apparatus reaching an objective in an emergency might well result in serious consequences. The tires on Engine No. 2 are the original tires and are nine years old. Tires on Ladder No. 1 are twelve years old and tires on Engine No. 3 are over fifteen years old. All the above tires have been pronounced as unsafe and should be replaced, therefore I recommend $1,018 to re- place tires as listed above. Uniforms Members of the department formerly in the armed forces who have been reinstated to the Fire Department will require complete new uni- form equipment. Together with replacements, uniform contingent will require $2,000. I recommend $2,000 for Uniforms. Air Masks Self contained breathing apparatus is indispensable in certain life saving and fire fighting operations. An operator wearing a Self Con- tained Mask may enter any atmosphere regardless of the nature of the gas present and perform such work as the emergency requires which is inipcssible to do with all service gas masks. The importance of overcoming the breathing hazard encountered by members of the Fire Department and its range of possibilities in lifo saving operations are considerable, therefore I recommend $449 to provide (2) Scott Air-Paks Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. New Fire Station Site The following recommendation is one that has been made on num- erous occasions in years past, namely the purchase of land for a Fire Station site in North Watertown. It might be interesting to know that every fire in which a person lost their life occurred in the immediate vicinity of North Watertown. The citizens who live in North Watertown are not receiving the STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 99 protection that should be provided. This section has developed to a great extent during the past 20 years, largely in wooden frame construc- tion of dwelling occupancy. Part of this frame dwelling area is located on a steep grade and has all the potential hazards of a fire developing into a frame area conflagration particular to such exposures. The distance,from fire stations together with traffic delays, plus shortage of apparatus and manpower should be given serious considera- tion. The fact that every fire in which lives were lost occurred in this locality, as well as the development of this section, should be the basis and fundamental reasons for giving immediate attention to providing adequate life saving and fire fighting protection to this particular district. We have a large and precious investment in North Watertown and it is our duty and obligation to protect that investment now, rather than to await a catastrophe to occur to awaken us to the existing need. I recommend that a Fire Station be constructed in North Watertown, that a 750 gallon triple combination pumper be purchased and located therein, and that a full complement of firemen be appointed to maintain same. In order to start the machinery in motion for the above I hereby make the following recommendation. That an article be inserted in the Warrant for enactment at the next Town Meeting as follows: Recommendation Number 1 To see if the Town of Watertown will instruct the Board of Select- men to acquire by purchase or eminent domain 20,000 square feet of land at what is known as Bleiler's Corner, (the southwest corner of Bel- mont and Lexington Streets near Knowles Delta) for a Fire Station site and that a sum be appropriated for same. Recommendation Number 2 To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to study plans for a Fire Station in North Watertown as to requirements and cost and report at the next special Town Meeting, or take any action pertaining 'thereto. Automatic Sprinklers As Chief of the Fire Department it is my duty to make such recom- mendations as I find necessary and which I believe is for the best in- terest of the public in better protection for their lives and property. I call the following to your attention. With the exception of one of our public buildings all others have no automatic devices or means of fire extinguishing, namely, Automatic Sprinklers. Recommendations have been made in the past in regard to this matter but nothing has been done and conditions remain the same. The Infirmary, a three story wood building where aged and infirm people are housed should receive immediate attention by installing Auto- matic Sprinklers. Every School building should be equipped with Automatic Sprinklers to safeguard the lives of the children therein. The saving in insurance due to the installation of Automatic Sprinklers would be a sound investment as the reduced cost of insurance rates would cover the entire cost of installation in a few years. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 100 Automatic Sprinklers are the best fire protection known. Day and night this device is on guard against the outbreak of fire and its terri- ble potentials. It also notifies the Fire Department immediately on operation, therefore no fire remains undetected which in itself is an insurance against serious fire or extensive water damage. Brookline, Mass., recently installed Automatic Sprinklers in all school buildings after a school building not equipped with same was totally destroyed by fire. I could cite numerous instances where sprinklers saved thousands of dollars of property by extinguishing fires in their incipiency here in Watertown. No life has ever been lost in a building equipped with Auto- matic Sprinklers. Need more be said. I recommend that all public buildings be equipped with Automatic Sprinklers, first consideration to be given to the Infirmary and con- tinuing until all public buildings are so equipped. Fire Prevention Fire Prevention inspections continue with excellent results. Con- tinued progress, however, must be made in this valuable adjunct to Fire Department activities. In many of our mercantile and industrial build- ings hazards have been removed or remedied and protective devices in- stalled as a result of inspections and subsequent recommendations. I am pleased to say that in every respect we have had wholehearted coopera- tion of the Board of Selectmen and Building Inspector in this very important work. Inspection for permits, licenses, special, ordinary and complaints have increased tremendously during the past several years and has reached a peak this past year; such inspections will continue to increase due to statute requirements of the Fire Marshal and Department of Public Safety as well as local ordinances. Drill Tower Training and practice drills in fire fighting evolutions and first aid continues. However, the drills are limited to form procedure and limited evolutions due to the improper and inadequate facilities at our disposal. In order for firemen to acquire and maintain the speed and knowl- edge of fire fighting methods and to operate under the conditions that are more in keeping with actual conditions met at fires, a drill tower and training ground should be provided. A training ground with drill tower, smoke house, and facilities for operating pumps, ladders and the diversified tools and equipment is the best method known for developing firemen to work together with a uni- form method of procedure. It develops confidence, speed and perfect working knowledge of all equipment, including salvage and overhauling operations. The Fire Department is called for various kinds of emergencies and must be trained to solve and correct all types of problems in the quick- est possible time, as time is a most important factor in emergencies. In order to maintain the high standards of the fire service and to operate with maximum efficiency a Drill Tower and training ground is the proper solution. I am making a survey as to available facilities, after which I shall make necessary recommendations. s s STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 101 A new car has been provided for the Chief of the Department, this car having replaced one that was unfit for further service. Two-way Radio has been installed in the Chief's car and has proved a distinct advantage in improving the efficiency of the department. It has been used on numerous occasions in extreme emergencies dispatch- ing or requesting aid as the particular case required. Improvements at Headquarters and Station No. 2 have been con- ducted as far as the appropriation allocated for this work permitted. The results of the aforementioned improvements are most satisfactory and appreciated. Due to material shortages, labor disputes, etc., the Aerial Ladder on order has not been received to date. However, it is confidently expected that this valuable addition to our fire equipment will soon be delivered and subsequently placed in service replacing Ladder No. 2 which has become unfit for first class service. I repeat my recommendation that the Fire Alarm systems of Boston and Cambridge be connected to Fire Alarm Headquarters thus co- ordinating the powerful reinforcements that are available. This is a matter of vital importance and should not be further delayed. Reinstatements During the past year eight members of the Fire Department, serv- ing in the armed forces, have been discharged from said armed forces, namely William E. Maloney, J. Allan Kimball, John J. Maloney, Edward J. O'Halloran, Francis J. Callahan, Charles A. Walton, Walter C. Starr, Stephen M. Miimore, Jr., and reinstated as members of the Fire Depart- ment. Subsequently the reinstatement of these men forced the termina- tion of military substitutes serving in their places as follows: Arthur W. Palmer, Edward T. Ford, Albert Valentino, James A. Crowley, Eldon E. McElhiney, Earl F. Derick, Martin E. Ferris and Robert J. McElroy. I take this opportunity, in behalf of the Townspeople and the De- paxtment, to welcome back to the Fire Department our discharged vet- erans and to extend to those terminated military substitutes our grateful appreciation for their services. Retirement James B. Dardis, a member of the Fire Department with continuous permanent service since May 4, 1922 and a member of the Call Fire Force continuously up to the time of his permanent appointment from May 4, 1911, was retired on pension Nov. 30, 1945 in accordance with General Law, Chapter 32, Section 85 as amended. James Dardis was a loyal and excellent fireman and his loss will be felt keenly. In behalf of the members of the Fire Department I extend to James B. Dardis our sincere wishes for a happy and long life in his well deserved retirement. In behalf of the members of the department I take this opportunity to thank the members of the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their cooperation and advice, also their understanding of the problems con- fronting this department and their willingness to assist in necessary improvements. -I take this opportunity to publicly extend my sincere thanks to the following department heads and to the members of their departments for the splendid cooperation and inter-department aid extended the Fire STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 102 Department: Michael B. Oates, Supt., the Water Commissioners and members of the Water Department; Leo P. Landry, Supt., and members of the Fire Alarm and Wire Department; Thomas V. Dwyer, Supt., and members of the Highway Department; Chief Edward A. Murray and members of the Police Department, and Elias A. Perkins, Building Inspector. I also want to publicly extend my thanks to the Chiefs, officers and members of the Newton,Belmont, Waltham and Cambridge Fire Depart- ments for the aid and assistance rendered in Mutual Aid. To the members of the local Fire Department I extend my heartfelt thanks for your loyalty and faithful service. Your conscientious en- deavor in working extra hours without compensation is inspirational and appreciated by your fellow Townspeople. Watertown may well be proud of its fire fighting personnel. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM C. McELROY, Chief Fire Department. REPORT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT December 31, 1945 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Moth Department for the year ending December 31, 1945. The usual spraying for the suppression of the Gypsy Moth, the Elm Leaf Beetle & Aphis, and the Tent Caterpillar was done this year, and a special spray was given to the infected maple trees of the Town. Many trees were pruned to offset the destruction caused by the Elm Bark Beetle. All parts of trees infested by the Brown Tail Moth were cut out and burned. While we inspected the trees of the Town for the infestation of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths, and the Elm Leaf Beetle & Aphis, we were unable to cover this part of the work as extensively as usual be- cause of the necessity of our men helping the Emergency Fuel Adminis- tration in the weighing and bagging of the coal which was distributed to the citizens during the emergency of the winter months. However, we kept a vigilant watch for the Dutch Elm Disease and are pleased to report that we found no evidences of this disease among the trees. We also sprayed the trees on private properties whenever requested to do so by the owners, and the cost of this private work was charged to the owners on the annual tax bills. The amount charged this past year to the property owners amounted to $1179.50. In general the regular work of the Department was accomplished, and with the termination of war-time restrictions we expect this coming year to keep the trees as free as possible from the leaf eating pests. I wish to extend my appreciation to your Honorable Board, and to the heads of the various Town Departments, for the cooperation and assistance given me during the year. Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. FORD, Superintendent of Moth Department. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 103 REPORT OF INFIRMARY DEPARTMENT Honorable Board of Public Welfare: Gentlemen: I submit my report as Keeper of the Infirmary for the year ending December 31, 1945. The total number of inmates has been twenty-seven which includes re-admissions. The greatest number at any time has been sixteen, and smallest ten, average twelve. Our present number is ten and with one exception must be considered permanent inmates. During the year one inmate secured work, two transferred to State institutions, and three passed to the Great Beyond. One had been an inmate here for twelve years, one nine, and the other five. Few of the inmates are able to be of any assistance, either afflicted with heart ailment or lack proper strength, that being the reason for the small garden this year. Minor repairs, both inside and out, have been made by me. During the year a ceiling fell in the recreation room and we were fortunate that no one was injured. Several leaks developed in the water pipes and boiler connections, and were repaired at quite a cost, but with the ex- ception of one leak that has since developed, we should consider that part of the picture in fair shape. Two outside doors should be replaced, one is in very bad shape, also one window on the second floor. Figures estimate the total cost of above is about one hundred and fifty dollars. The outside of the building is badly in need of paint. The most urgent need is for a lady assistant, as the proper upkeep of the Institution is impossible with the present Staff. I have made this same request in my last two reports. I desire to thank your honorable board for advice and other assist- ance, and also several citizens who have made donations to our inmates during the year. Visitors are welcome any time at reasonable hours. Our Fire Chief has recommended that a sprinkler system be installed in the building. At present our protection consists of seven Underwriters extinguishers, and sanne number of civilian defense pumps. HARRY J. YORK, Keeper of Infirmary. REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To The Honorable Board of Selectmen: The following report of the Sealer of Weights & Measures for the year 1945 is respectfully submitted:— Sealing fees $347.09 Adjusting charges 5.35 Total $352.44 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 104 Scales Not Con- Adjusted Sealed Sealed demned Platform over 10,000 lbs. 1 13 — — Platform 5000 to 10,000 lbs. 2 8 — — Platform.100 to 5000 lbs. 20 85 4 2 Counter 100 lbs. or over 4 12 — — Counter under 100 lbs. 14 121 2 2 Beam 100 lbs. or over — 1 — — Spring 100 lbs, or over 2 20 1 2 Spring under 100 lbs. 13 112 — 7 Computing under 100 lbs. 15 126 — 4 Person weigher (slot) 20 — 6 Prescription 2 18 — — Jewelers 1 — — Weights Avoirdupois . 29 417 — 10 Apothecary 5 237 — 6 Metric — 81 — 3 Troy — 11 — — Volumetric Measures _Liquid measures 1 gal & under — 98 — 13 Liquid measures over 1 gal. — 10 — 1 Oil jars — 4 — — Fuel baskets — 2 — — Automatic Liquid Measuring Devices Gasoline meter systems 15 151 17 7 Tank truck meter systems 6 43 — 2 Bulk meter systems — 13 — — Grease measuring meters 82 2 3 Oil pumps — 7 2 — Stops on pumps — 26 — — Linear Measures Yard sticks — 15 — — Taxi meters — 11 — — Cloth measuring devices — 8 — — Totals 128 1753 28 68 Trial Weighings Total No. Number Incorrect Commodity Tested Correct Under Over Bread 593 556 13 24 Butter 22 17 2 3 Coal in paper bags 54 54 — — Coal in transit 10 1 — 9 Confectionery 98 94 1 3 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 105 Dry commodities 71 67 1 3 Fruits & Vegetables 484 452 8 24 Meats & Provisions 120 107 1 12 Kindling wood in paper 70 70 — — Total Trial Weighings 1522 1418 26 78 Inspections Wholesale milk cans 127 Pedlars' licenses 14 Coal certificates 8 Milk jars 102 Marking of bread 593 Marking of food pkgs. 771 Marking coal in paper bags 54 Clinical thermometers 138 Oil jars 897 Kindling wood in paper bags 70 Paper cartons 48 Junk scales 3 Ice scales 7 Ice cream cans 125 Transient vendors 3 Pedlar's scales 3 Miscellaneous 77 Total Inspections 3040 Tests Retests of gas devices 19 Milk jars 17 Miscellaneous 1 Fuel Baskets — Oil jars 10 Total 47 My thanks are extended to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town Clerk, and the heads of the various Town Departments for the.courtesy and cooperation extended during the past year. Respectfully, J. FRANK AHEARN, Sealer of Weights and Measures. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 106 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS December 31, 1945 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:— I herewith respectfully submit the Annual Report of the Inspector of Buildings for the year ending December 31, 1945. Permits issued were as follows: 25 one family dwellings at a probable cost of $ 127,500 6 factory buildings 1,088,000 16 garages 69,400 3 greenhouses ." 25,150 3 storage buildings 7,325 1 store building 1,000 4 poultry houses 175 1 play house 50 145 additions and alterations 152,195 $1,470,795 1 temporary building 8 razings 1 moving 5 signs 9 awnings 228 Fees collected $1,711. Construction on many of the above permits will extend well into 1946 before their completion. There are also several projects ready to begin operations as soon as weather conditions permit, chief among which are two large apartment buildings. While the 1945 construc- tion was mostly industrial there is every reason to look for a housing increase in the coming year. The additional work involved in the recent transfer of jurisdiction from the State to Local Building Departments, together with the in- creased activity in new construction makes it impossible to operate the department efficiently with one man and a part time clerk. The safety of persons in buildings is a matter of much concern since recent dis- asters--such as Cocoanut Grove and others. Watertown, on account of its many industrial plants and places of assembly, is affected to a greater extent than most communities by the new requirements. In order to properly serve the public and administer the laws I would recommend that additional help, either an assistant inspector or a full time clerk be furnished the Building Department. I wish to thank your Honorable Board and the various Town De- partments for the help and cooperation extended me during the year. Respectfully submitted, ELIAS A. PERKINS, Inspector of Buildings. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 107 REPORT OF TOWN ENGINEER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following annual report of the Engineering Department for the year ending December 31, 1945. Assessors' Department The Assessor's plans have been revised and all existing plans have been brought up to date. Plans show each parcel of land, all buildings, areas, lot and house numbers. There are two hundred and twenty-five (225) Assessor's plans in use in this department, also a set of prints of the same held by the Assessor's Department and the office of the Build- ing Inspector, which have been brought up to date as of Jan. 1, 1946. Board of Survey The Board of Survey established the lines and grades of Aldrich Road and Brandley Road. Town Counsel Numerous reports, descriptions and plans of easements have been made for the Town Counsel-during the past year. Registry of Deeds During the year we have made numerous trips to the Registry of Deeds, Cambridge, for the purpose of looking up deeds and land plans. Sewer and Drain Survey During the past year we have located and placed on plans the main sewers and drains of the various streets where old locations were unreli- able. This work will be continued during the coming year. Hinde & Dauche Sewer In order to sewer the new Hinde & Dauche Co. Building, now under construction, it was necessary to draw up an easement plan and relay the old line and connections to the Golden Cookie Co. with an 8" cast iron pipe. This new pipe was laid under a new building and was done at the cost of the owners. Grove Street Bridge Repairs to the Grove Street bridge have been completed. The H. H. Hawkins & Sons Co. of Newton were the contractors. A new bridge will be needed here in the very near future. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 108 Private Sewer Connections Index System Sewer connections in all buildings of the town are being placed on an index card system. This index card system includes all information pertaining to each individual sewer connection. When completed this system will contain six thousand four hundred and forty-eight (6448) individual sewer connections. Watertown Square and Common Street Safety Traffic Islands New signal lights and safety traffic islands were constructed at the corner of Common and Mt. Auburn Streets and also at Watertown Sq. Nichols and Bigelow Avenue Widening Three stone bounds were set on Bigelow and Nichols Avenue widen- ing line on October 10, 1945. At the same time buildings on both streets were marked. Lines were painted on buildings on November 13, 1945. Perambulation of Town Boundaries As required by law the boundaries of the Town were perambulated and all monuments were examined. A new monument has been added and placed on the Newton-Watertown boundary line between Nonantum Rd. and the Charles River. Water Department The usual lines and grades were given the Water Department during the year. Police Department Four (4) surveys and plans for accident cases were made for the Police Department to be used in the courts. A representative from this department identifies all such.plans in court. Honor Roll Three hundred and twenty (320) names were lettered for the Honor Roll of those serving in the Armed Forces. Miscellaneous The usual number of surveys, plans and reports have been prepared and we have also given a normal amount of street lines and grades to property owners and others as requested. This department has during the year given street line data, etc. to private engineers and surveyors. Street lines, house numbers, sewers and drain locations and general engineering information, have been given to the public over the desk and by telephone. I wish to express my appreciation to the Board of Selectmen, all Town Departments and personnel of this department for their coopera- tion and assistance. Respectfully submitted, OTIS D. ALLEN, Town Engineer. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION !m t Q § § N 2 § § / )\ )\ ) cu ± 4- 243a t \ u3uau3o0 ( o � u mW # > >b. > ® > o 41 u o® (u as ) ul o \ 0 0 \\ §0 � Q to Q V.)/ g g S q = u = 2 / G 3 3 c 3 �E-1 9 9 9 q \ >� k 7 � [ 7 \ \ S $ g $ w as / t § _ \ § \ \ to o M � o -0 > P4 G S & 2 \ >Cd Q � � 3 § 5 ' f d � t I & � I / Q z ? . \_� 2 cz 0 f ° \C � § / o & 2 0 2 \ 2 , \� \ 8 \ § u . \ / / \ \ f ul k } § / r '0§ o g m /k es / § f $ Q « R 0 Q @ \ 2 k / 110 Sewers Built During 1945 By The Highway Department Street Length Feet Size In. No.of M.H. Quirk St. 44 8 1 Rosedale Rd. 573 8 3 Whites Ave. 1 Totals 617 5 Drainage Built During 1945 By The Highway Department Reconn. Length Size No.of No.of C.B. Present Street Feet In. M.H. and Cdnn. C.B. Forest St. — — — 1 — Grove St. (Incomplete) 116 24 — — 2 Hudson St. 157 6 — 2 — Quirk St. 42 12 1 4 — Whites Ave. — — — 2 — Worcester St. (Mun. Garage) 132 6 — — — Totals 447 1 9 2 Curbing Laid During 1945 By The Highway Department - Corner Radius Straight Blocks Street Feet Feet Each Belmont St. — 113 1 Common St. (Traffic Delta) 16 16 — Main St. (Cor. of Gleason St.) 42 — — Watertown Sq. (Traffic Delta) 24 102 — Waverley Ave. (Cor. of Summer St.) 44 — — Totals 126 231 1 Granolithic SidewallEs Constructed During 1945 By The Highway Department Street Length Feet Sq.Ft.4" Sq.Ft.6" Birch Rd. 52 168 84 Commonwealth Rd. 103 465 83 Dexter Ave. 83 885 — Fairfield St. 94 368 133 Gleason St. 35 293 — Longfeilow Rd. 7 35 — Main St. 44 383 — Waverley Ave. (Cor. of Summer St.) 44 330 — Totals 462 2927 300 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 111 Asphalt Sidewalks Constructed During 1945 By The IIighway Department Street Length in Feet Sq.Ft.2" Sq.Ft.3" Belmont St. 135 1114 — Boylston St. 83 413 — Capital St. 58 247 91 Carver Rd. 19 95 — Cypress St. 567 2631 384 Eliot St. 144 720 — Fairfield St. 22 66 — Fifth Ave. 405 1836 355 Laurel St. (East End) 403 1867 249 Totals 1836 8989 1079 Public Streets Resurfaced During 1945 By The IIighway Department Length Street From To Feet Hudson.St. Cushman St. Whites Ave. 350 (Completed) Quirk St. Waverley Ave. Privat© Land 680 Total 1030 Total Length of Public Streets and various Construction Bituminous Concrete and Sheet Asphalt . .. ... . . . ... .... 26.31 Miles Bituminous Macadam .... .. ... . . . ........ .... .. .. ... ... 21.92 Miles Concrete (Cement) ..... 3.73 Miles Granite Block on Concrete . . . . . . . ... ...... ... ... ........ .20 Miles Gravel .... . .. . . . .. ........ ... . .. . . ........ . . .... . ..... .. 10.48 Miles Total . ... . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . ... . . . .. ..... ...... ... 62.64 Miles Total Length of Streets Public Ways . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . .. . .... . ... . . . . .. .... ... 62.64 Miles Private Ways .. . . . . . ... ..... .. . . . . . . ....... .. . . . . ....... 9.12 Miles Total . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . ......... 71.76 Miles Private Sewer Connections During 1945 Number of sewer connections located .. . ........... 23 Total length of sewer connections located .... ... . 1342 Lineal Feet The sewer system of Watertown is now sixty-five and nine hun- dredths (65.09) miles long and has six thousand four hundred and forty-eight (6448) sewer connections. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 112 Drainage The drainage system of Watertown is now fifty and fifty-one hun- dredths (50.51) miles long and has two thousand six hundred and sixty- seven (2667) catch basins. Miscellaneous Data—1945 Area of Town: Land . ..... . ... .. . 2598.43 Acres Water ...... . .. ... 66.15 Acres Total . . . . ...... 2664.58 Acres or . . .. .. ... .. . . . . 4.163 Sq. Miles Extent of Town, North and South ... . . ...... . . . . ......... . 1.84 Miles Extent of Town, East and West ....... ....... . ... . ....... .. 3.81 Miles Area of Public Grounds .... . . . ..... . . . .... . . . . . . . .... about 137 Acres Area of Metropolitan Park Land ..... ......... . ... . ..about 81 Acres Length of State Road (Main St., Bridge to Waltham Line) . . . 0.83 Miles Length ofr Metropolitan Park Roadways: Charles River Rd. Nonantum Rd. North Beacon St. (Charles River Rd. to Bridge) Total . ....... 1.65 Miles Elevation at Main St. and Merchants Row . . . . .. . .... .. . .. 19.19 Feet Elevation at Main St. and Waltham Line .. . . . ... .... . . .. . 69.00 Feet Elevation at Sycamore St. and Belmont Line ... .. ........ . 79.18 Feet Elevation at Church St. and Marion Rd. .... . . ...... .. .. . . 41.35 Feet Elevation at Common at Locke St. ... . . . . ... . . . .. ... ... . . . 201.73 Feet Elevation at Belmont St. near Mt. Auburn St. . .. ..... .. . .. 44.90 Feet Elevation at Arsenal St. and Charles River Rd. ........ . .. . 21.60 Feet Elevation at Arsenal St. and Beechwood Ave. ... .... .... . . 44.05 Feet Elevation at Galen St. and Williams St. (Newton Line) . . . . 51.53 Feet Total number of plans on file in Engineering Department about 14,610 Total number of index cards in Engineering Department about 16,750 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 113 OC-L MOMMM .-4 OOujtoalo C-O �MON.-1 MNM.•-4tiNM N N mm-4ML OM it OCO Q)Qf OmmOmOO M cn OO OO 00 OO cd a r--4 1-4-4.--I-4 1-4 11 rr .-i .-4 r-4.-4 r4 rl r•i V•-I ri ~ L- w cn(7)m= co .�.•i .-, F 00 o W co W c"D 1ncn000000 0 000M�n CCD�+,° cm OO-4 00N CD CD COM OO to OO-00.••4 MO a tDCAtoM MwNy1 tiL- OG? M CZ)OsrCAN to �D7 r-1'-I �•i W C) Ow CO m C�COD (Op M rI s 1 A •C OOO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CD CD to O O O O O O to O O O CO O W to W to W W V� to CD N M'V4 N-W N`04 V� u0_4 v v W q O N U C!1 a� F �x U � 21 s.••.,� Cl O•: Q, '.�. � o CU � t�','z, a) O �0 Al wa a4ar�ar�amw A � - cu CD x� � t� ��s � ca Ul A ., .0 do+� lbCD +� � i 0 �Cd m �o ° a o W ov o � x aac�Z 00 C4 Zonw� 0 4-2V .�fp Q cd Q)41 U Ucd� y W i i C) is W � >� o og� o��F,H�U o > o��E+�u1 F ccs O H aa)-'C sue.°: a� y q �' �, �.� m ca 9:4; ►Z .NaicdT7'Ou � CLL-' D;-w4-5 � �� 0 C°)"�.'' fU.�at�. s". 114 .� CAN-4 M.-1 to 1 W 00NCO ONON Oto-4NOCD. Ln O�4 N M N M Cn N N N N M N O N .-I N CD -t"M N ooOOO m MN O C) O00 Cnm OCA m0)M0) lT ✓' .•i r-1 r-1 t-t ri /T rl r-1'-/r-1 'r-1 rl r-1 rl .••1 r-1�-1,-I t••1 ri ti t t I U C+J I N M U 0�0 i 1 N O O O O O O OM co O O O O O O W to tnNO O �~ N ON to to O N OM QIN .••t OON 000W t-L O O �i 00 co N co M N It CD O M N W,O Lo d! n+ ,-t CO COW CO W as I ti N CV � �Ch�"t a' O o 00o0 Oo00to bD Cd CO .•i Co M N CO to co.-.co J.: > .-1 r•t OWN W M CO C`7 M as OOOOtn to 000OtnOo0o0oornOCOccOcoOo to to W CO M'W W to W W CO W M W W V W CV v V d• W O O O O O W N CJ d'M 4a a) a) Cd Cd u O ,Oy +a UZ 4, 4-D W Cad (L) iU-t a) () L+d a)-� Cd Cs� Cd Cd cdOCd >.-g � z- s~ �✓U >b�:-'AQ) O Ur.my UWtr] a O .4 01 � ° C al a +ac �a'U] >, Cd b r B x ;4Cda) U +� a U ,�. N �' Cd C + d� v Cd C.) > 4 " . C C n i > > ap C.) C) C3 Cd Cdi 1, .- O U .7 ;,Cd -~ it S . gaago �0 a0 124 zzw4aP4wapq aq +�•Ct�+ a.Oa- ) �agrq 0��+j 0) � � � � > 4J 1.4 � „� 0 � O di di w f�-J2. o ClW O.+� . �a " ajz� �V U :+ a 1 � U01 az .Q0•.t a d Cd O �' � � y , .> a) C4 --'�Ua1l�fir+S�r U�2 y.U-S.7.O > � �� � U4- W O p. cn W O O SO b. Cd C M O O 0Cd O fU-. cd V � O cc:d� >,>.L". zz! 3w pq 34 q�Oxo3 ¢zaQx� xzwagUlwb ul a �4-, CU 0 0'0cu v4)v d cad te r. CU., y sue, +� O�.O nl� ,N U1 a+'i 't1'U4, S. al O alp a " > al'O almg Ri N ww U� � aim 0 0 (uAl O HRi HUZ��Qtif'I p iU, z! >U2 �'L'' `t' UU1+�, t~ r. m P4C4 " :, ZSZU)Q� 3�u2 o � a� � U � �= 0� Cd vltnUl2C) � > � o � cu"— Su'.UIn � Exbbc: Codd oorM� Z+ �� >Cd a) clal ala aia�i �.b.°� OOO; cM, ;-Z7 ° 400000Z pgpgpqmm mm pqpqmpgpgpgpqpqpqpqCqtApqFqpgWP4L4PgWPg[AAA 115 o o r` o w co 0o w to rn m to co N to 14.aiM N O M t•4.-i L N N N O 00 Co O M +-4 r--1 m G7 N co O 00 O L7 co O O m 00 00 O C7) O O 00 V N cl) O 1 to 00 r-1 I V IOto to OtoOO Ln toOOO 00 O O toto0 O r,Q C-N Lo ONUSL " .4. 000O MtD O N L- CDM Co i s N Lo O N co CD tf) to�r CD O r` CD 00 m m .-4 w o0 .--1 r-1 .-C .-i.4 to N bD b CD O to O O CD -4to t to CD CD to rl P, v .--I M w " O " M to to O N c- c,•� to to V .--C 0o N N N dt .--I Cl M Q1 O " OOOOOtDOO OO O o 0000 00 N 000 .--100 00 CO CO J� vgwgw "T v V4vmvvv ertoV v MCDN .--, " W W 'r V, w tr) O CO O t t V� M N V rN-i G�J � to O � t0. � ai ��� �' L3a +' Q'i � U1 � 'dL'CC3LCCj''d � °) �1 � aa414 ; c3 O 0U1a t, U2 w !Q c�. � aaaa � cd azt7S Hoo� � aaat�Xz° c� aa� o'oaaawoc� � o � c� 43 -9.3 Cu ;. :~ �� 41 � 4-3 cd 02EQ ' a' ' f 'GO, ,, � N oEa4rl � r,cs '' Q u O ul U2 ocs0. oo o o cd s 4-:- O r i; ' to > cd y vl i-. t: z > cs CZ OL'd o c3 -i iz. O O cf omauw o o � P., 'D 2U Cd Cd s, o „ a� 4. f/1d4 (L) zscs !!1a' U1M4 � .+3R� U1 >>^ d ��, �-4.3 0U2 cd�a� >H��� n °° xcO Cd �cn„� � xaau� o � o � cs x4 cad cd c�a 0 M td W w w � � � � � � cd cs as tl tc ct< 0 0 0 0 e) .-. � .� 4 4 4 •O .� -- C: O C .0 � .O -. — -. O O UUUUUUUUUUU0U0UUU00U000U000U0U 116 b .-aN OdtOt M '-4 d•CDr-I .-1 OQIO N E— O tOO M-4 NtON N Mtf)tf,dt N " NM Cn Mdt M M mw OCA OcoM01 CA OOCOO m Immm co 007, OO co co .--1.-4 e-4 r-1 r•1 1-1 ri -4 N-4 r-1 1•1 1•1 ri r•1 1-1 r-1 ri 1-4 •-1 r•1 r•t N 1 .-1 W O C- CD N C-c0 ✓' U to I 1 a)M to� d4No M t 00 COO --tMO vt-Cn 0 CAO tot- CDO N O C9 M 00 00 CA Cn Co L C'M CD t N VW OD -4 N O N CO to a s ai ti N N N N.-i .••1 I bb Cd O O O t o O CD 0 0 t ClO N to MCA co O tt,N M O to S•-. >,t M 00 t r-1 N N tf, O N Nto aW to000OooO00000OOO ooOOooOOO O0OoOO 3 towtptowtoVMMVVMd+VI Nd/<rd• to tod4 r -,4 8 O O d. er i 4 a, (D �r ..'0 y U a, V a, " e, U a, u > U a)TSU2 t� i°;U2TS j4--1 0U2a�, aj'i ci 'C3t°, c daQ,y�'�'�� � Cl U2 Cd a, tom. - U2 i'.� 4 C)U C-.U2 +�' Cd C a CO ;-4 �, $a P-eD���� Cd cd U a as U? o M. 3 ° � � CO cs ° N r~W o w�•C y au cd ° v, cd a, A N Cd a,p,.O °,s'.,S O ❑4-• ,a cd O CA �4 - �F Cd.— ° Mo ci(DQ) Cd coo � " o � m l4', awo � a1a1 oxP,U � ° "is°. a i a (U (DCl), a �U)�-4 C)°)., a�i U24C +� ai ° Q ' A 0 'dz43 cUUU- W4141 > U2.� � 4-5 in O O w O a, a y O O cs > cC Cd d '" U Cd c3 U c3 wwpq<<rvu2�aw �A � �PC, u� aao� 1 I � 1 0 1 x Cd Q (D4-5. 4a Cd cs a�i u,,�,Cd � a, 0U2 z a°i cl a > O d{1 � � �Oti3000 bDbDNdOU22 �Q DCr�i 0f., p ^ad �w >t UUOS �a,. .Q' T7 Co OD CD cc cd wcs to r: (04 ca cdc ✓+ Cd Z O O M�41 N Cd O•Q a, th" E.z O O O O O OOOOO s. i. 00 >t d M O a) U O 0 : a Z3'o'c$ 'CS-� UUUUUUUUUUUODUU AAAAAAAAA WWWWWW 117 OMN.-4C)m OtA toN t O Vt OOOto C-NMMNN O 0.-1":pCD O M L—MM MM aV N -*," -4-4m NMN OO.-4.-i L—NMN tt!t��•-•t t- NM it M00 Cm=cna) OO OO CD 00 CAOCA Oo L7C7) comc c) 2MOOMM Cs-4-4 rt rti "1 rl rt s-4 —4 r-t ray—4 -1 r-t r-1 r-i r-t r-t 1--4 r-4 1-4 ri r-1 r-t r-1.-i r-i r•i co Cl CD cn ti m co 00 co co 00 rl t t t 1-4 co N tb ri co 1 .-a 00 OOOOOO Ot(>OOtf'3 OOMtoN OOOtoOtpto OtnU,�toto "IOOCV L'C 00 M L-CD CD M co t�t�N.N-tv Otto toM co to MN C 00 OD�.M-10) `a Al r-4 1-4.-t .-t N ti N r--1 N 1 II4�� CO d o O N as 1 of 000000 OOOr-c0 OOOMOOOOOON 00000 C.+ to V� '�+v'W � "V V N Vt V CJ dt N'W M Vt Vt dt dt M W W L Vt'W Vt W V O i 4) CD0+� 4� aa)' � N01 �+� a, a i Cn ToS a� c3 0aad ) i a)P m aiU1 ul a cd a � . 4-1 -q4' a U > H aa 8�UulP a b � OU � w cd > ° o � i � a' N �bo �Cd 0N 00 au 0 o > i d d o ^ �~ d :~ :. :. C-moo o d.� a 3zxz�at PQ � 3 w3awa,wuopq -I t� zcga U H (; mrul U) ul ro O :♦ a> 0 d :~ +D +,4 � 4+ t, � j ai cat a) (L) (u ; a�iP U1a"iai aiM¢' t°', � aiQ � a"i.0-.' ai� aix4' o �,U2 M U1 >, "0 cd ul � r, �' o 4 N� W ; oddd aisd. d " >cs 0Pdoaodo � d °'> � � c� a cn Cl���atvlcnw 0 �u20 CU ai w > U1� 0 � (1rCu&4 . +z-' a�U1 a�i c o > 0U�� gy o b°s. a,v2�U 011 GM EQ CO-U6C�D2 ccd a��Y o w� � o m Zi li E~ ai > > t3�d d d ��,•4..0 W.- O o .c�3 z C33 Q LM0..-. c0 � OS ccd CD ir�wwwww wwwww w�w��www�www� Oc�t�t�t� 118 1-4 VI O O 0 0O)d1O100 mO•d1OCOO MN M d1 to N to N NNC- MON NMm MN mm ;.4 4.. O)O) m O 0 O 0 O 0O)0mm0 O)MMOMMM C, R �••1 rl r-1 �-1 rl rl .•-1 r4 r•1 1-4"-4"ri -4-4.-4 I 1 I tto 1 :m U -4 N 0) N r-I m m 0 m m r^I r^I �•-I .-1 •--I CD O Q) -Otf) to r4 O O O O to to CD to OO CD toO OOto �~ d•0 to N to VI N N to-4 0 m r-4 O N O to to to O Co d1 0 to O O 0 " 0 N L OO L-d1 0 0 d;•dI VI rI O L- )a4 rj cl .-i .-i N N ri O to O to O O O N to O O O �•-+ ho a3 N CO O to Io in M w N O N O NNNMON M r-i r- N to M 0 aw O O Cl O O O O O O O O N O O N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VI dt N'd1 VI V V/VI d'dt 41 0 d'V 10 W W U,Vt IW W VI i/N d+ d1 N 0 d1'd1`UI 1 1 1 1 N .Oi'd M VI al a) a) 41 O d'� �aaa4� a, � (U -4J � aoc�uc�a+)� � a) an �,G °: y,�a; a) � cd >,a) 0a) cd+�4 4 cu in cd cd U f > 0 >>cd «3 i iOi c Cd ad ° Cd y N .>1 to .' O. N•�.'-� � a) 0 H cd r�i —t i�-I.>i �.ti btD Cd�t.>i .>r >O H it'f„t O .--t 1-4 Z. 'd O Cd�Ft 4 cd M0 a) z. O•1 :-1 M I� cd F.M� 1~ P, a�wa,5wo wVowMP4AtPQAlWl :NCI 4,pgRlx Ili 1-4 �„a� �' 4) W � � � a) a) a�i a�i+� a0ia"i �+' 4Z4Z a)+� �''a) oU� Cn�.4-5 2� C;S o '° r. r b�nr.EQ bnCO b °�, a)ra� g O v a)� 0 C))� zip' z 00 Cd C) �o ��� � � as o ari� a � a ai a a�i �o � axi �� 0 a.� � a�Im �3t�A ��0a� aa3�aaaaawc�aawx a4� CD Q Cd 4Z4a u a, cd'd*' y U r01 H 0 U110. 0 ��''Ot0. > aW) a0ia0i ��+U1a0) �U�( y<40a) (U0+3 4a R'IU20 a) V 00 U2 > � M. "OQ °o ��> o U2U1 > v C�n S Cs ra0) azy S. � � , 3ncd7 � - a .aO ~;. k k s. :. 1-. t•. r-. i�dt Cd Cd Cd Cd cd cd cd a) a)..-............. C}U' C�C7C7C'3UC'3C3C'3C'3C'3L7C7C� xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'I�'i 119 M W COMr-t " .r oo O. tDN V,r+ M.4 Ot.7 N0000 a) -4 N'4'"t'd4 . 4 N O M W O.4 P7� N m 14O=N N !-�-&� =MC000 m mm CAm OO OO CA Q1 Q)G700030 r U I"Lo co 0 O Q) 00000 O 00 ON m 00 ON MO LO 00dtL— �. M N O CO 00 M M O N O N to" 0 00 r1 0 Cl) 0 00 M M O COM0N'I, L N to N O00 to" CO CO 10•-4"!N V a r.j N N r t CD Cd O CD CD coLO a.F N N c] - .� 00 COV PA i OOOOU'.)oo O CD CD to00o OO 000000 V'eN d�W�W Id, 'W �� M W� 'dt 04 'dt W s?•'W � O O N N .O Cd ! r CU O to,� Ql-i.- P 0 U] a�i a) 4 ya' u U) cu 4z �Ct ia', ai � -�w4z�co�� o a s to o¢a a�n�a`� � o �o ; 2� 9 ° 0 'Oo ° d o r o � w O o av CS E4 c� c. � c�r. �� cd cdr c� c, `z > .�a�� ocqc t~�a oc o r�waaaaw� u za mo c]aq. aat� axaa a�3 �(D 4.2 ti t 4b C' 'U 4z co a�+�+�, a�iu+' a� � � a� uW 4 � ta', �� U� t� 0 � a) 'Ms-. � ,��U)CO m U) Q a� O-a' o Ea CS co �4b o�4-1 v`ni�1-1�� (DD 4W �'U1 nib Cd Os. cs � cd 00 00 0 o0QoF+ atO Cd0OV �"., ; i t~ Cd Cd cu cu y u]+�,to emu] U C� ��Q ti �P4 a�a'i� � c°i aoi� � �� c.Ul U] 41 + -U] U] ri Ea �U]-tom ;,. ttS Cd it +�,� d 1 u] � 0 >,�� oQ � cn omN+� cam-- wU)° N NCOo�� r. ai � � d0) -- a � .00 c X: i>D'D 'CfCSb�ios0. t0. � z 000000 o cdccdda) aa) da°'ia� _ 0 CdCCddCdCddCad xxxxxxxx HH hhhti MMMMMMx 4aaaaa 120 'CS O N '.dt co N M O to M M Cl N M .I CI)CO t`to CO N 4M CU MCI .4NCl) r-I NN M to NCI) D7NM -iMNNN f-r OM a)cm CA OOO 000O MCO MMN MOMMM tCd �44 r 4.-i r-4 4 .-t rq ,"t r-1-4 1-1 1-4 1-4 -4 r-4 -4 rl ti 1" U U 0000 MO a) a)co 00 CA 000 Co 00 U -1 t i O M N 00 O 00 � U CD to �ttott-O O 00 OOOOdtO p000 t!]Odt COO to 00O dt 000(M " t�N dwM CD 00 NttotoO ON n .4vNdt'dt aQ1 V"4 N.1 L- c7 N N 4' U Cd to M to CDCOO V M Co rt O to M N N � a 'd 000000000000 000 0000'OOOONO00 .-4 dt to '�'N dt dt dt dt W N VId+ O d• d•to V Vt V -W W Vt ti M d•d+ N W� dt dr to I 4a G to a) v im' cd u �' u 0api R°�, ai a cp. u anti Z3'� .-,.., a)'d 00-0 1'4 W n)�'C 1-4 �� o�� ��cn�aa `a-.4 4 CO a) a � aa� n� a 4Z Co �� 4 10 F' � �tvao. o zcaa o o Mu2a .01M xzP4o0a0wwwm 'I s, P.- ° ° aU W W 4 41 0 U]b��� bD F. a, Z b0�b0+) 4-D f:UZ ° a� � � cd >rc�dcda) cd oc°iai r.au9'. Q), � A � � � t�j 0 cd o o cd cv. o S. LUi cd O N O ccs y R�Q. p.�i", O O cd.-. O Cad d � U OzOO�o P�Wwo pogU2cnxox a�P4xQ" 0 14+� caTUta > s~ Cd > � :~ � d�' �O ° OH[/� °Cd�� 'C3 � .�x d S � � a o co �: ocd zsr. a �� a) a)� h om to �� ' ohorocu to r "- o - U) o d�o w O to p p cdcCZ a Cd Cd Cd Cd c Cd a c Q) ai :Wz �z3 aaa"aaaaaaaaa 121 N-4 00 N ri COW O 00 r♦co C-O N CV r-4 m M CD I M n NM p m MNMalto m00 D7MNN CnN-4Co r-I NN i-I•aj 00 0 CA 00 CA CA O m W 00 00 00 a)G7 Q1 CO m W 00 IT Cd ri r♦r-1 1-4 14 ti r-I r�-1 r-1 r- 1�0, O N O 1 1 ✓. U .-� r--I N W co Qi T N N 1 1 r--1 ti r•1 1 L- coco 00 r1 ry 00 r-1 o In p o 0.-I o 0 0 to 0 Co In o 0 0 0 0 Ln Ln to CO CD M r 4 W l-0 0 Cl 00[- r-I'4 CJ O M O N Ln O r- HA cr Io m O MOLqM In NN WLOW 00 00 co CO to co d1 a � rti p r-I CV r-I CO '•d1 M m Si CD Cd O W 0) -4 CMD O > W M rl N CA N M M a IUl) 00000 opooN0op0 00000000MmCD o NWW 00WW W'w'd.MNMWMW MWW W WNW Wd1W W W 1 1 Cd 4.3 4 $4 Q) .0 cd 0a� �U2 a�U�.., cd� cd � aicd cds. P�i � a��� .4 V. -4�— ca r, cd On Q c. CL) o H s. oi , c3 0 ua' 00's. o•c; 0 ; 0 � t°a� cd, C* Cd cu w� 4 wa Wwzaaaa aiUlxAxa�3 4a �4-5 H 2 � � �� cu � n 4 "iai >O,� c°�. F' �Ul y � t°�.U2 Cd a�iN+�' cu aS to U2� 'U1 � � ���� 9 a»U�y,U� rn �Ul� ,, Q 0 U2 rn hn p 04 do a) o +: U cd W Cu i cd cad Cd > -' c�3 +� y O j O y a c3 O cd� cd O O p xL7 C�WX W t7xr�z►-,�tA wX�X0x 6 a,xx z O H a> � � � > � aa) t) L) L) ;3 k4 ai +» � c°1i 00 a�i � " I� s°�I sue+ cd �+'U1¢I 4.�tl1 �CL)� w au > 0- v cum +, +��U1 a�ifQ CO 41 y �� 0,-, oar �.� �W►-� W� � ' ����� 4� �" p, y� o o.� r..— o a�.�.�.�.0 P+ c,� m :-+ s.+ �,cd U1 a� �� a� z O O O O �, U ice. ice.. Lam. f�.. dC '..t.A.i" U � > g U..�.w-i .>:'. V 11C�d..yyam yyO rro�yyO yyO�yo yo 11>.�.. cd cd cd Cd.S. '" '" $4+� Cd Cd Fi z'zz F�Frzzzz 00000000000-I G•I I,� 122 j 'tf d'N 00 m • ,m-4 O O to*-4 d•to O O.-t 00 ri to m4 O O.-t L-ti O t NMm r+ N+-I" V-N dot- erNN mNNM "-4 Cl mM'd4 NN = tf�m R� o0tT00 m 000O Nm (MOO mOOi tbO mm cnmcn cn mm Om m N CA cd R, ,-t.-1.-4-4 -4-4-4 .-t r-t r♦—t .-4 r-t r-t ri r-t,1 ri .-4 ri q ti"I ri r +i q r-t .-� I V M O N -4 00o C0N m o0o dt m m rn m co m 00 00 N rt oo N ri v ItntoOto OOM 00 MO tn00 0.-tnt0 m 0 0 0 0 O to 0 tO �. tO tO r� I- m CO t0 O tO "-4 L-0)r 1 N t-CD 00 m tO-4 oo w W O tO CD —44] I00 to to to O 00 to 0000 N u9 dt N t0 O to to M 00 to L; O L-to tO Vt O 0 00 O bD cd 117 O O > O to a at o .� .Li 5 O O M O OO O O O ON U�0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O to O O M e},'1'Vt <!'V' 'd'CO O'Qt'W V'V�Vt y.d''W d•dt Vt, 'W w'3t N Vt dt m W N � Cd cd Cd O O 4' O 0 Ai WN a) w +i Pt +� Cd H aa x u2 � Ua � � a ,aca � UU2 a ��4- ul P. tnco � � '- Cd cd CL) a 0 � Cd � OCU c > ti R ao cd�� s a ' d > � n � >C — 0.nr O V4 . > atat� o0oa+Pip'O 2a�Qoa � oat C)atw atHU2atPaPf +i -&Z 4. y +� U2 U2�4.1�Q) 0) d Z U2 , U2 0 0) aNy ia'i CdQU U � 4-1 o I. + 2 Cd : 0� Q cd CO Cd �U2 y ; rU0 71 a a) W a' Qti di i, sOr Qti 4, U2 +, ii +1"i p+� +� +�' U2 td 14-1 a� O„ oUl atg+�U2 o. � CC �,::j 0.a.0 0•Q O�cdi�O 1p-�. 1p-� h�Oj Mv �C'd'� �t1d� t4Y!1 MO,O�1�C'd ..� V+0i Cd C O cd N o 1 HU2HU2HPQXV�PQpq:l Fl �r•ta �-1 W z 3 Px U,m0 4D w icts +' ai � � � ai "ai a"i (L) +'+� '�'d ai ro c. a> d a; +�u2 Ito U2 s°, 1.4--1 Q)4 � ;41.Ul to ce CO ,�[a U2 c12 ;4 �� v a' a� a +�U] CnU2too �U2 y RiQ A U2 CS c3rn co �, o bn Ca a a a a a aataaaataaaaaaw" ar as (7(7c7 xa:xa;xa: 123 ..r- r. N m 00 cn to P7 r-1-4-4 00 N co.-4 co r- co.4 o I w CI o G C. M 1•4N M00 ON NCAm co -INNN NN MNC If]N %+ 4 00m O Om CAW 00O ON co Co 00Om= m m m O[ 00O d " r-t r-I 1-I -4 ti r•I.-I r-4.-t rq-4-4 r4 r-4 1-4 1-1 r-I .-/P-t r-I 1-1 00 r4 r-I a) 1 r-1 r V 0000 N M ti O N tD r-1 r♦ r-•1 ri 00 1 I 1 rt N In to CD I rO-1 00 r-1 In O to CD 00 00 to O to to 0000 OOCO M O O �.,a CD r• ri 00 CD M 00 r'r- -1 M CO r- to r-4 CD 00 In N 00 00 O CD N :z CD O r- M to to CD r-N -4 N N N 14-4 d�m to CD to 00 O N ` a a cl rl d1 N ri N N r d O O to O O CD O M N N C9 O 00 m O cq N a a ri M 0 0 0 0 0 O CD 0 0 0 0 0 0 C O CD 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O ;.-. 'W�1 to e}t eLt �1 el•M M CD N O sr CD Vt W M W N W�2''�d'W'W�VI VI to � to to C to 4� 4-5 y a) v 4-:' ;04 � Cd ,�. .wa cd' 'C1 +� d d'd ��p!SU �o ao�U) a� cs o cam°. L)i cq as U1i%2,� a'd'QI' o � °U „'a �a .. �+c. I.a �cnU1+� ,�Mn�nmzs o d �� d o� dF+ulul o y 0 ��t to °+3 r. o Q)a d >— � d � d �. a ,49.- o o o d'; o v a y'Z o4 c� d d a� as ulair�au,awHxaaaQo'u�aaavlv�cox� 5 4aCD N a) CJ >, CD a) a) a) :. 44 :~ :~ �Ul U U) � .,U2 U2 m C).a+1 a) .a u ate+ a°i� >" w4a W—b - O a m -0.D 9 co 41 Pa +a EQ a) a) .. m A a d[11 U2 V V2 '� d W �u ar- CdZ 114 0 G4G4 H P9r1 0;, O� Fd1P4�X CD 43 AC40 Z �i r. Cd al d to (n.-, �+ •ti ° O+�+�.-. t. ^..0+� .+. .. .. ;� �'.. Cd S•".. 0 d r" Zt o o a d d d U t� a�-: �:- o o °.c.t�a.a.+ ,4S2.8� C44P r)MtoEacoMcococoU)U)wU)wcaU)toU)toQwwEaEQ co 124 .••I 00 O 00 z moo In O o m o m r- eN W i w N 1-4 a) CV N to NN NN O••1 ML— MNG9N t—C-OON MN CM cn 00 m 0 0 to to m to (n co m cn 00 L— Co 00 O 00 to m r-1 r•-1 r-1 r�r•1 �-1 •-1 e-1 r•1 r♦ �-1 r•� r•i r•1 rl 00 r 4 r'4 M r 4 '-i-4 LA o m tp m ri ri o0 00 000 M 00 cn co CO 00 o 0 00 M r+ m tmn rn 00 o0 00 r+ 4i U ;..� 4to w to toIfl mto OO OOtoOOmIn OO CD CD u � M to M� t M M'�d� M to Lo M M to to to 00O M sr'Qt CD ari ri CV M M N M t0 aS co co to � 0 O 00 a .-t W M 00 - i WWW 0 � N 2'f O O CD O CD CDt n O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O ;per. Vt tO to e}t er N V�V� dt VW to V In V W M to to v v Vt W Vim O In O tD L to M W N Ncd yt 'cd O N +'4z ai 'd a) a> a�i a) C) cad TS 'C7aoi W CD a) � t.t 'b o�' � � a041 w r, 0 o " �� Ul 'a"co -,.- �� ° °M mom ... 0 0 .�4c�aM W aaia��i wa b,b a�wr� v¢MCA E cd �tiU �wwd zPq �aaw 4�4Z 4 ° ° ° tv ° ° ° :~ �. -3 �. 4a u a�i aQi o +� — � a.) s�.a�i a�i a��i a�i aa)i� r�� aoi � 03P'Q zw w cri'cs cs 4-24a m CD .�rcl 4-3 Cs t a ad ^a W a^'m� Na) r c, z U � � °0 > 0u0 �n 'a+ gip � >wUl coE 4-3 CS Ulo < �j ^ O �O c3 � � � �� 0 Cd 5 En Z ;.4 = :I ccs Cdd (L) X.144 0M 0 00 M m cd cd cd a) a) a) 9F i U)Ultoco 1 FFF 00 �::-::�:�:�:�:�: �:�: �:�:�:�: 125 0 0000 d4 mmNoujd4 m to m m to U Cl " to N •-'1 N .1 10 O N N d 11cu1 1(D d iti �a CO co Q�--)14 -4 W -4 r- -4 m 1� F rl 1�--I 1''-I.-1 rl ti 00 d 41 00 to II).�Oi U co M a) d Cl V� co Ucs�1 .-4 r-1 11 1-4-4 � CD N z tNo N C M Co t) 0 .1 a� CDtoo to am=000.-+ to co CD CMD to oMO Mm O O CM•to CO cu 0 N r it Cl >, +� U cs 000 00 O M U > VoV 'I CD C' U4 as to U as cs � > � N a Ea N j o000000000000000 4 cu t.7'W M tM d�'CM tM M W VI 11�M lf)'dl N dl st 1 1 1 to N N 0 EA c d a .ya 'd y'Z! � d w x CU uj o0400c � o41°��ti a I E� s a attaa .ca.C30ro i oaiwagwcazxUwwmw � a rn o 0 F+ E 1 I p 4) N C) 4 is Ul � O w'O d d r.i as 0 (E) V1 a;U2U1��EO 0 " i cu 'o Q o C� wpp 4. 4a w a0i y °U2Q'iaUl Q)to 02 � Cd >. 0-. a) 126 REPORT OF THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Purchasing Depart- ment for the year ending December 31, 1945. The Purchasing Department was established June 1, 1945, the first task was to set up and organize a Purchasing System. After review- ing the Purchase Organizations of the principal municipalities within the United States, and visiting and making a survey of neighboring municipal Purchasing Departments a purchasing procedure was adopted. Purchasing forms were then drawn up and printed. In September the Beard of Selectmen called a meeting of the Heads of the various De- partments of the Town and the system explained to them in detail. The Department then began operating, and in the short time that we have been established have placed over fourteen hundred Purchase Orders. Some of these orders, however, were confirmation of regular routine commitments. By-Laws governing the authority of the Purchasing Agent were written, and appeared in the Warrant for the October 9, 1945 Town Meeting. These By-Laws were held over to the March Town Meeting, and a committee appointed to make a further study with recommenda- tions for acceptance. Although the Department has made considerable savings for the Town, such as savings by group buying, taking advantage of purchas- ing Government Surplus Materials and taking cash discounts, it can- not operate efficiently until such time as these By-Laws have been adopted by the Town, and I sincerely hope that the Town will see fit to adopt the By-Laws at this Town Meeting. However, in view of the handicap under which we have had to work, we feel that satisfactory progress has been accomplished, which has been due in a large measure, to the cooperation of the Board of Selectmen and to the Heads of the various Departments. The coming year should show a great improvement, and we feel confident that a very fine showing will be made. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR W. HORTON, Purchasing Agent STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 127 REPORT OF TREE WARDEN December 31, 1945 To the Citizens of Watertown: I herewith submit the Annual Report of the Tree Warden for the year ending December 31, 1945: During the year over 50 decayed and injured trees were removed from the different streets of the Town. The large willow and other trees at the rear of the old Boston & Maine R. R. station were taken down to make room for the Parking Space. Also on request of the Park Department we removed the old poplar trees from the Tennis Court on Winthrop Street. All trees which could possibly be saved were given special care; cavities were filled, old trees were fertilized and those injured by trucks and automobiles were repaired. New tree guards were erected wherever necessary. Owing to the high cost of trees this year and the shortage of labor we only purchased 110 new trees, and these were set out in the month of April. We used a number of these for replacements and the balance were set out on different streets at the request of the citizens. These new trees were supplied with tree food, and guards were placed on them, as usual, for their protection. The heavy winds and rain in May, and the heavy snow-storms in February, November and December caused considerable damage, so that we were kept busy removing the broken branches from the streets. The shrubbery, at the Library and Administration Building, which overhung the sidewalks was trimmed. During the summer months the low hanging limbs were pruned. Our men also worked with the Edison men in removing large limbs of trees which interfered with the wires. At the request of the Police we cut down the hedge at the corner of Summer and Spring Streets. Because of labor conditions our men installed the heating unit in the Tree Department section of the Municipal Garage, and also re- paired and set new panes in the broken windows. All the Town trees, where needed, were sprayed by the Moth De- partment for the suppression of Gypsy, Brown Tail and Satin Moths and for the Elm Leaf Beetle and Aphis. Now that the war has ended and some of our men returned from the Service we will be able to continue with the trimming of the trees and the clearing out of the dead wood, and everything possible will be done to protect the trees and keep them in good condition. We received from the Bay State Motor Express Co., for damage to two of our large elm trees on Mt. Auburn Street near Common Street, $128.55, which amount was collected by the Town Counsel and turned over by us to the Town Treasurer. We have always been greatly retarded in the work of chopping down and cutting up the trees, which were dead or a menace to the public, as this had to be done by hand and necessarily took a long time. There- fore, we are asking for this coming year an appropriation of $925.00 with which to purchase a Disston Chain Saw with Electrical Chain Saw Sharpener and tools. This will not only facilitate the work, which is STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 128 most essential, but will also modernize the Department, and I sincerely hope this appropriation will be approved. The Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company have cooperated with us and given prompt attention to their wires whenever they have come in contact with our trees, and we extend to them our sincere appreciation. My appreciation*and thanks are extended to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, to the heads of the various Town Departments, and to the personnel of the Tree Warden Department for the cooperation and assistance which they have given me in the work of the Tree Depart- ment during this past year. Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. FORD, Tree Warden. REPORT OF 'WIRE DEPARTMENT December 31, 1945 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: Herewith submitted is the Annual Report of the Wire Department for the year ending December 31, 1945. Inspections Six hundred seventy-five (675) permits for wiring and fixtures were issued during the year. Inspections occasioned by the issuance of these permits, plus the inspection of business properties and re-inspections, resulted in approximately 2850 individual calls. Receipts for 675 permits amounted to $337.50, which was paid to the Town Treasurer. Maintenance The regular recurrent maintenance work, such as painting all fire and police boxes, posts, pedestals, cable boxes, etc.; reinspection of all commercial properties, such as stores, factories, garages, etc., when a new tenant occupies after a vacancy; periodical testing of all Fire Alarm Boxes and Police Boxes, and maintenance of same, plus the maintenance of Firemen's Tappers, Police and Fire Alarm wires over- head and underground; and care and maintenance of all traffic signals; the supervision of street lighting and maintenance of electrical appara- tus at the Municipal Garage, Administration Building, Signal Room, Police Station, both Fire Stations, Water Department Service Quarters. and Victory Field Athletic House, was accomplished. FIre Alarm System Six New Fire Alarm Boxes were added to the system during the year, namely Box 028 Elton Avenue and Short St. Box 9347 Maplewood St. and Edgecliffe Rd. Box 048 Edgecliffe and Woodleigh Rds. Box #414 Fairview and Hardy.Aves. Box #511 Summer and Church Sts. -Box 013 Sumner and Forest Sts. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 129 New Fire Alarm Tappers were installed in the residences of Fireman Palmer and Fire Alarm Signal Operator Fitzpatrick. The transfers of tappers were made due to the change of residence of Firemen Kirwan and Merullo, and tappers were removed from the residence of Mechanician Higgins and the late Mechanician Gerald Mee. The tappers of Chief McElroy and Capt. Devaney were transferred from the Secondary Circuit to the Primary Circuit. The overhead Fire Alarm Wires on Irving Street from No. Beacon Street to Riverside Street were replaced. The Fire Alarm Circuit Register and Controls were transferred from old to new office at Central Fire Station. Provisions were made and wires installed for a future remote Con- trol Station for a 2 way radio hook-up with Police, which will be in- stalled in 1946. Police Signal System Operation and maintenance of the Police Signal System were main- tained in an efficient manner. It was the hope of the Police Department that a Recall Signaling System would have been installed in 1945. An appropriation for same was sought in the Budget for 1945 but was not approved by the Finance Committee and the Town Meeting. Traffic Signal System New Traffic Lights were installed at the corner of Main St., Waver- ley Ave. and Myrtle St. The old Traffic Standard at Main and Galen Sts., was replaced with a complete up-to-date system of signals with a Traffic Island built to direct the heavy flow of traffic at that point. A new electrically operated Traffic Flasher was installed at the cor- ner of Mt. Auburn and Common Sts., to replace old gas flasher which was out-moded. This flasher was mounted on a tri-angular island to keep vehicular traffic in the proper lane. All the old lens in the Traffic Signals in the Town were replaced with the most modern type giving a brighter and better signaling effect. All traffic lights were periodically timed to agree with the permits issued for same by the Department of Public Works of. the Common- wealth. Street Lighting With the lifting of some of the war-time restrictions more progress can now be made in the proper re-lighting of many of our streets. Dur- ing the past year additions were made on streets where building de- velopments were located and in isolated cases where the lighting on the street was sub-standard. Surveys are being made continually with the ultimate objective of bringing all street lighting up to standard and to increase the lighting on highly traveled ways. The following additions and relocations were made during the year 1945: STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 130 New Installations Relocations Two on Bradshaw Street Two on Carroll Street One on Cottage Street One on Cottage Street One on Dewey Street One on Dewey Street One on Eliot Street One on Edgecliffe Road One on Fitchburg Street Two on Fitchburg Street One on Main St., rear of '273 Two on Rutland Street One on Quincy Street One on Stuart Street Three on Rosedale Road One on Templeton Parkway Two on Rutland Street One on Salisbury Road One on Stuart Street One on Warren Street One on Waverley Avenue One on Winsor Avenue Civilian Defense With the termination of the.war the Signal Circuits installed for Civilian Defense were no longer needed. Consequently the wiring at the Report Centre and Fire Station, the circuits to sirens at Municipal Garage, Highland Avenue, John 7'. Lodge's factory, Watertown High School and Lewandos were discontinued. The materials salvaged, such as wire, cross-arms, switches, etc., were transferred to the Wire Depart- ment stock and are being used in our regular maintenance and construc- tion work. Damage to Town Property Automobiles were responsible for damages to the Galen Street Traffic Booth, Fire Alarm Pedestal, housing Fire Box 3, at corner Mt. Auburn and Patten Streets, and pole opposite Watertown Arsenal on Arsenal Street—which caused damage to our wires feeding Arsenal Fire Box �251. The damages thus caused were repaired by the Wire Depart- ment and the costs of materials and labor were reported to the Town Counsel who has made recovery for the Town. Proceeds were turned over to the Town Treasurer. Co-operation Between Town Departments The harmony and co-operation between departments in our ex- perience is noteworthy. During the year we have tried to maintain this condition and have contributed in this wise by wiring and maintaining equipment for the Police, Fire, Highway, Water, Town Clerk, Soldiers' Relief, Playgrounds, Ration Board, Selective Service Boards, School, Election, Town Meeting, Administration Building, World War Memorial Building, Tree Warden, Dog Officer and Christmas Tree Decorations at the Delta. We have had splendid help from the Highway Depart- ment who have co-operated with us in our work on the Town streets, digging and backfilling trenches for our conduits, etc., which has saved the Town a considerable sum of money. Other departments have gladly assisted us when we made the request. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 131 Emergency Coal Distribution This Department, in co-operation with other departments of the Town, was busily engaged in distributing emergency fuel during the months of January, February, March and part of April. This much needed assistance was carried on voluntarily and did much to alleviate suffering. This was the second winter in which we were engaged from January to April in distributing emergency fuels. While the work was nobly per- formed and vitally necessary, the time thus spent greatly impeded our efforts in our own work and slowed down our construction program considerably. Personnel The vacancy in the electrical maintenance crew caused by the transfer of John J. Keefe to the Signal Room as a Fire Alarm Operator was filled by Francis R. Maurer, a journey-man electrician and a Vet- eran of World War II. Mr. Maurer has been appointed on a Provisional Permanent basis subject to a future Civil Service examination for the permanent position. I wish to thank my co-workers in the Wire Department for their very loyal co-operation. It is a pleasure to be associated with such a fine group of workers. Acknowledgments I wish to express my appreciation to the Honorable Board of Select- men for their co-operation during the year. Acknowledgments are made to the various Town Department heads, to the Gamewell Company, the Boston Edison Company and the New England Telephone & elegraph Company for the courtesies and co- operation shown me during the year. Respectfully submitted, LEO P. LANDRY, Superintendent of Wires. REPORT OF DOG OFFICER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:— Gentlemen: Report of the dog officer for the year 1945 is respectfully sub- mitted:— Dogs licensed ........ ... . .. . .......... . . 1,343 Stray dogs impounded-6 days ........ .. 210 Quarantined for 14 days ................ 5 Dogssold ....... ..... ..... .............. 4 Dogs destroyed .. .. . . .................. .. 161 Returned to owners .. ... . .. . ........ . .. . 45 I wish to express my appreciation for the co-operation of the vari- ous departments which were very helpful throughout the year. Respectfully submitted, GUY P. CLARK Dog Officer STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 132 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE Watertown, Mass. December 31, 1945 The Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: In compliance with the By-laws of the Town, I have the honor of submitting the annual Report of the Police Department of the Town of Watertown, for the year ending December 31, 1945, together with the recommendations for the ensuing year. ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT Acting Chief Edward A. Murray Captains *Joseph J. Reilly Lieutenants John J. Igoe James M. Igoe Sergeants 1 Thomas W. Devaney Edmund H. Norton Andrew J. Donnelly Walter F. Flaherty Francis A. Nally John F. McGeever (Act) John A. Higgins (Act) Patrolmen Arthur F. Perkins `Andrew A. Borden Joseph C. Harrington Richard T. Ryan Lawrence C. Hanley Herbert A. MacDonald Thomas J. Cullen John A. Walsh James M. Reilly *Richard H. Keefe George J. Farrell #Harold M. Parker Edward J. Boyle John J. Reilly Edward P. Murphy Francis J. McCarthy Joseph H. Gilfoil Francis D. Egan George M. Clinton Edward J. Maloney Russell J. Kimball James E. McElligott James P. Shea *Bernard Pelkey William W. Carnes David F. Keefe John J. Hanlon Daniel E. Igoe John P. Long Lawrence F. Galligan James J. Burke William H. Fairbanks Charles E. Shea Wilfred J. Pouliot Stewart E. Savage *Paul L. Meenan William J. Shea *James W. Chamberlain Francis A. Garafalo $Theodore F. Reimann Stephen F. Lyons STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 133 Military Substitutes §Thomas Ryder Donald A. Skuse Waldo P. Emerson §Rudolph G. Iodice §Lawrence Arone $John J. Linehan $Richard J. Carr §Donald R. Todd $Arthur J. O'Neill §Alfred Zalenski §Joseph W. Sullivan Stephen G. McGrath §Ralph Forte Joseph X. Cochrane *Robert E. Williams Charles E. Morash §John H. McNeil §Richard L. Wilkins, Jr. $Armond Boudakian Reserve Officers Thomas V. Gildea *Joseph A. Sheehan *George Armstrong *James Devlin Walter Burke Donald R. Todd Edward P. Sullivan *Michael F. Casey *William Maloney Richard J. Carr Richard Bartley Military Substitute Reserve Men §Michael McCarthy $Anthony LeConti Preston Hatch §Henry Maurer $Harry Hawes Thomas P. Coffey William Reardon §Norman Ticehurst Ralph Kelley §Everett Higson §John McNeil §John T. Roper $Charles Donnelly §John Whyte Wagonmen-Clerks Thomas F. Sheridan **Harold Mahan *Michael F. Casey Wagonman and Janitor "John Roper Stenographer-Clerk Additional Clerk Robert E. Roche $Catherine Gannam * Military Service **-Military Substitute t Retired $ Resigned § Appointment Expired STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 134 Building Maintenance and Equipment Valuation of Building . . . ...... .. . .. ... ........ .. . . ... . ..... $75,000.00 Valuation of Contents ..... .... ... . . . . ............. . .. . ..... $25,513.67 Valuation of Property Stolen and Recovered—1945 Value of Property Reported Stolen .. ...... . . . . . . . .. ....... $36,133.41 Values of Property Recovered .. . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25,576.15 Value of Property Recovered for Other Departments ........ 12,046.00 Work of Signal System Day on duty calls .. ... . . ........ ... .. . 20,047 Night on duty calls .. . .. ........... . .. 41,490 Total telephone calls .... .. ........ . . . . . 3,869 Radio calls ... ... .... . . ••• •.•••.... . ..• 7,171 Miscellaneous Complaints and Reports Accidents other than Automobile . ........... .... ............... 97 Accidents, Hit and Run ........ ................................ 29 Alarm of Fire ......... .. ....... .............. . . ................ 196 Arrests for other Departments ................................. 15 Articles Found ..... ............. ... .............. .............. 185 Articles Lost ..... .. . ........................... .............. .. 518 Assistance Rendered ... ............ ............... ............. 72 Automobiles Recovered ......... ...... .......... ................ 45 Automobiles Stolen in Watertown .. .......... ... ............... 33 Automobile Accidents ............... ...... .................... . 260 Bic•cles Stolen . . . .. ........... ................ .......... . ..... 33 Bicycles Recovered .. .......... .. . ........ ... .. ... . ....... ...... 54 Broken Windows .. ... .. .. ...... .............. .................. 143 CasesInvestigated . ... . ..... ... .......... . .. . . ... .............. 4,077 Children Causing Trouble ........ .............................. 617 DeadCats . ....... . .. . . .. ........... ........... .... .. ........... 148 DeadDogs ... ...... . . . .... . ..... . ... ........ ...... .. ............ 77 Deaths . ...... .. .. .. . ......... . ............ .................. ... 32 DogsFound .......... ... ........ . ............................... 44 DogsLost ........ .. . . . .. ......... ........... . .. ..... ........ ... 175 Defective Streets and Sidewalks ... ............ .. . . .. . .. . ........ 100 DogBites ............ ..... ...... ............. .. . .... ............ 88 Dog Cases Investigated .... ........ ............. .. .............. 258 Doors and Windows found open and secured ........ ............ 1,477 Emergency Fuel Administrator Investigations ... ................ 777 Family Trouble ......... . .......... ............ . .. ............. 297 Identification Wanted—Other Departments .. ................... 148 Investigations for local licenses ................................ .. 215 Investigations for other Departments ............. .............. 23 Investigations for Selectmen ...... ............................. 94 Messages Delivered ........ ....... ... ............... ............ 245 Miscellaneous Escort . .. ............ ............ .... ............. 486 Persons Committed for Mental Sickness ........ .. .... ... ........ . 22 Persons Transported to Hospitals ............... . .. ....... ...... 314 Recommendations ... . . ... .......... ....... ...... .... .......... .. 43 Sick and Injured Assisted ....... .......... . . . .. .. . . ....... .... .. 420 Street Lights Out, Incandescent .......... . . .. .... . .. ..... ...... 1,235 Summons and Subpoenas Served ... ........... .... ...... ...... . 314 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 135 Threatening .... ..... .... ............... ................ ....... . 12 Trouble with Neighbors ..................................... .... 84 Using Auto without Authority .......... ........................ 6 Total calls answered for miscellaneous complaints and reports .. 13,508 Total reports investigated by Inspectors Department .......... . . 962 Total reports investigated by Juvenile Department ...... ..... ... 989 Total Cases Investigated ...... . . . . . . . ..... ..... . ... .. . . . 15,459 Licenses and Permits Issued by Chief 18 Cab Licenses .. .............................. .... .. .. . $18.00 23 Cab Stand Licenses . ............ .................. ..... 69.00 71 Licenses to Operate Cab .. .. . .. .... .................. .. 142.00 4 Permits to Purchase Firearms .... ............... ... . . 6.00 118 Permits to Carry Pistol or Revolver ............. . . . . .. 59.00 TOTAL ....... ......... . ................. .. . ...... $294.00 Inspectors Report of Miscellaneous Reports of Crimes In Watertown with Results of Investigation a ! '° v •� A m Ci riz ►'7 ►�, y O ►� Accosting ........... .. ... ............... 20 8 8 1 3 Assault ........ .. ...... ................. 4 4 0 Assault and Battery .. ... ................ ill 105 3 3 Assault with Intent to Kill ............... 1 0 1 Assault and Battery with Dangerous Weapon ... ......... ... ............. 2 2 0 Attempt to Break and Enter .... ..... . ... 29 12 5 12 Attempted Larceny ............... . ..... 8 2 2 4 Breaking and Entering . ... .............. 21 5 6 10 Breaking and Entering and Larceny . .... 51 24 2 25 Burglary . ... ........................... 9 5 4 Carrying Revolver ..... . ............. .... 4 3 1 0 Disturbance of Peace ............... ..... 334 252 51 31 Illegitimacy ... .... ...... ............... 4 4 0 Larceny .... . ..... ................. ... .. 192 76 29 87 Larceny from Person ... ................. 3 2 1 Lewd and Lascivious . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..... 29 20 6 3 Malicious Destruction of Property . ...... 98 25 26 47 Robbery .... ... .......... ......... ...... 4 1 1 2 Threatening ... ....... ... .... .... ....... 12 11 1 0 Rape ...... ............... .... .......... 1 1 0 Kidnaping ......... .. .. . .. .............. 1 1 0 Loitering ................. . ............. 9 9 0 Ringing False Alarms of Fire ............ 15 9 6 TOTALS . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 962 582 141 1 238 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 136.. Six hundred and nine trips were made by the Inspectors in their conduct of investigations, general police work, and court cases. Break- down of these trips is as listed below: Waltham Court 233 Wakefield 1 Superior Court 66 Taunton 1 Grand Jury 25 Woburn 1 District Attorney's Office 32 Winchester 1 East Cambridge Jail 92 Melrose 1 State Prison 1 Boston 48 Dedham Jail 4 Newton 10 Dept. of Public Safety 11 Cambridge 16 State House 4 Arlington 1 Metropolitan Hospital 28 Framingham 3 Newton Hospital 1 Franklin 1 Baltimore, Maryland 1 Malden 1 Connecticut 1 Brookline 1 Worcester 2 Waltham 12 Quincy 4 Belmont 6 Report of Photographic Work in connection with Inspectors Depart- ment during year ending December 31, 1945: Pictures Taken Developed Printed Enlarged At scenes of accidents,street defects, etc. 20 23 At scenes of auto accidents . . ..... . . . . . 77 103 At scenes of crimes ........ ..... ... . . . . 35 48 Of damage to Town Property . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 At request of Board of Selectmen, Fire Chief, Town Counsel, etc. ....... . 27 63 Of prisoners ........................ . . . 92 366 Of police officers, for records ......... 77 77 Of fingerprints at scenes of crimes ... 45 45 TOTALS ....... .................. 377 488 241 Finger Prints Taken For the Department of Public Safety ... . ..... 92 Sets For the Federal Bureau of Investigation ... 92 Sets For Watertown Police records ............... 92 Sets For Officers Record Folders .... ........... . . . .. 77 Sets TOTAL ................................. 353 Sets Ninety-two copies of these fingerprints were classified, cards filled In and all filed according to classification. Inspectors worked a total of 600 hours overtime, exclusive of paid details. Inspectors alternated weekly doing school traffic. This means that about 2'11 hours of every school day was spent on traffic. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 137 Arrests Total Number ... .. . . ... . .... . .......... 1726* Males .................... . .... ... . . . ... 1570 Females .... ... ......... ..... . . ... . . . . . . 156 Native Born ....... ..... .. . . .. . . ... . . . . . 1394 ForeignBorn ................... . .. . . ... 296 *Includes Traffic Violations as covered in report of Traffic Department. The following is a list of actual arrests, exclusive of arrests for traffic violations which are covered in the report of the Traffic Depart- ment: Accosting ................................... ... . . .... ... .. . .. 2 Adultery ..... ... ......................... ..... ... ... .. ...... . 4 Arrests for Other Departments 15 Assault and Battery on Person ...... .. ..... . . . ... . ... ...... .. 33 Assault and Battery with intent to murder . .... . . . . . ..• • • ••• • • • 1 Assault and Battery with intent to rob ... ... . . ... . . . . ....... .. 4 Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon . . .. .... ...... .. 8 Attempt to Break and Enter .... ........... . .. . ...... ........ 4 Attempt to Rescue a Prisoner ............... . .. . . . .... ..... .. 3 AWOLNavy .... .. .. . ........................ . .... ............ 2 Being Present at Gaming .................. .................. 1 Breaking and Entering and Larceny, Daytime ... . .. .......... .. 22 Breaking and Entering and Larceny, Night-time . ............. 11 Being Abroad in the Night .................. . . ..... ... ...... .. 3 Burglary . .. . .. ...... ........................ .. . ............ .. 5 Carrying gun without a permit ............. . . . . .............. 3 Conspiracy ..... .... . . ........ .. .. 2 Contributing to the delinquency of a child .. . ..... .... ... ... .. 1 Dangerous Weapon in possession .... ......... . ............... .. 1 Default Warrant ............................ . . ............... 7 Disturbing the Peace ............. ............. . .............. 15 Drunkeruiess ... .......... ................ ....... .. ... ...... .. 342 Dumping Rubbish without a permit ..... ........ .............. 2 Escaped persons .......... .................................. ... 14 Forgery ......... .. .. .......................... .. .............. 4 Fornication ....... . ................... .... . ... . .. ... . . ..... .. 3 Gaming ... . . .. . .. .. . ....................... .... ...... ...... .. 7 Giving False Name to procure narcotics ...... . ... ... ........... 1 Idle and Disorderly person ........................ ........... 1 Illegitimacy . ... .... . ....... ................ .. . . .. .... ...... .. 4 Illegal manufacturing of alcoholic beverages . .. ...• .••••••••• 2 Indecent Exposure ... ......................................... 1 Keeper of Noisy House ...... ................ . ... ........ ...... 2 Keeping and exposing liquor with intent to sell . . .. ............ 2 Keeping of Disorderly House ............ ... ... . ...... ....... 2 Keeping an unlicensed Dog ................ ... . .. .............. 1 Kidnapping . ... . . .. ........................ . ... .. ............ 1 Larceny ... .... ......... . .. ... .............. . .. . . .. . ........ .. 18 Larcenyby check ... ...................... . .... .... . ....... .. .. 8 Larceny by false pretenses ................ ... . . . . .. .......... 2 Larceny from a building ..................... ... ... ........... 1 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 138 Larceny from a person ................................ ........ 4 Larceny of Automobile ................ .............. .. .. ...... 4 Larceny of Money . .... ............. . ... ........... ... ... .. .... 1 Lewd and Lascivious Person . .... ... .............. ....... .. ..... 2 Loitering . .... . . . . ... ............................ . ...... .. .... 4 Lottery tickets in possession ............ ............ ... . ...... 3 Maintaining a common gaming house .... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Malicious Destruction of Property ................... ... ... .. 2 Manslaughter ..... ...... ........... ..................... .... .. 1 Mental Derangement .... .. .... ........ ............... ..... .. .. 1 Neglect of Minor Child ... ............................ ... .. .... 2 Non-support of Minor Children . ...... ... ............ . ... ... .. 3 Non-support of Illegitimate Child .... .............. . . ... . ... 3 Non-support of Wife . ... ............ ................. .......... 6 Non-support of Wife and Child ... . .................. ....... ... 9 Open and Gross Lewdness ... . . . . . . . . .. ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Peddling without a license ............ ........................ 3 Possession of Burglar's Tools .... .. ... ................... .. .. 1 Possession of Hypodermic Needle . ..... ............. .......... 2 Possession of Obscene Pictures . ........ ............. ........ 1 Promoting Lottery ............... ... ... ............... . ....... 2 Rape . . ...... . . . . . .. . . . . . ........ . . .. . . . . ....... . .. . ... . . . . . . . 1 Receiving Stolen Property . ...... . ...... .................... . . 5 Registering Bets on Horses ............... ............. ........ 1 Robbery .. ...... . ... . .. ....................................... 4 Runaway .. ..... .... ............................... .......... 8 Safekeeping ... .. . . .. ... ...................................... 28 Selling Leased Property .......... ........................ ... .. 1 Sodomy ............. . 2 SoundingFalse Alarm .. .......... .... .. .. .................. .. 1 Stubborn Child .... . ..... ........ . .. .. ............... ..... .. . . 3 Suspicious Persons . ... . ............. ..................... ...... 16 Suspicious Person, Robbery ........................... ...... .. 2 Threatening Bodily Harm .......... ..... .............. ........ 2 Truancy, Habitual ....... .................... . ........... ...... 1 Unlawful appropriation of Automobile ......................... 2 UnnaturalAct ....... ... .. ............. ... . .. ........ .......... 1 Using Automobile without Authority ... .. .............. ... .... 13 Uttering ............. .... .............. ... . ... ................ 4 Vagrancy ........ . . . . . . .. ............... .............. ........ 9 Violation of the Food Laws ...... . . ................. ...... .. 1 Violation of Parole ........................................... 1 Violation of Probation ...................... ................... 15 Report of Traffic Department Traffic Violations During the year ending December 31, 1945, a total of 977 violations of the traffic laws were prosecuted in the Second District Court of Eastern Middesex, at Waltham. The above figures show an increase of nearly 52% in the prosecu- tions in court over the year 1944. In addition to these prosecutions, several hundred operators were stopped and booked by officers, but were given warnings. Applications for complaints were filed in five different cases for Manslaughter, but all were denied by the Court. In three of STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 139 these cases the Judge ruled that there was no criminal negligence on the part of the operator. Accidents During the year ending December 31, 1945, there was a total of 472 accidents reported. In many of these accidents the damage was negli- gible, but report was made in compliance with Article II, Section 1, of the Traffic Rules and Orders of the Town of Watertown. In two of these accidents there was no personal injury or property damage. Five accidents were fatal and will be covered in more detail in a subsequent paragraph. Accidents are classified as follows: Auto vs. Auto 337 Auto vs. Bicycle 14 Auto vs. Fixed Objects 28 Auto vs. Parked Cars 6 Auto vs. Pedestrians 67 Auto vs. Sled 3 Auto vs. Street Car 15 Passenger falling out of taxi 1 Street Car vs. Pedestrian 1 Total 472 A monthly breakdown of these accidents showing property damage and personal injury sustained, is as follows: Month Personal Injury Property Damage January 22 19 February 17 30 March 12 18 April 9 15 May 14 24 June 14 25 July 12 15 August 8 18 September 10 15 October 13 22 November 12 44 December 29 53 Totals 172 298 Fatal Accidents There was a total of five fatal accidents within the Town during the year, as compared.with one in the year 1944, and two in the year 1943. Four of these fatal accidents involved pedestrians, while the fifth was the case of a boy on a bicycle driving into the side of a vehicle at an intersection. Upon presenting the evidence at Court in these fatal accidents, only one of the operators was found guilty of Operating a. Motor Vehicle so that the lives and safety of the public might be en- dangered, and none were found guilty of Manslaughter. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 140 Conclusion During the year there were three officers assigned to this depart- ment, Officers, Parker, Emerson and Boudakian. All three officers were very apt in handling the duties peculiar to the Traffic Department and in addition to their regular work they operated speed traps, and school crossings. On October 31st, Officer Boudakian resigned from the depart- ment, and on December 31st, Officer Parker was retired for physical disability by the Board of Selectmen. Juvenile Department 989 complaints concerning juveniles were registered with the Crime Prevention Bureau during the year ending December 31, 1945. These complaints include various types of offenses. Complete tabulation is shown below: Type of Offense Boys Girls Total Accidental Damage 12 0 12 Assault and Battery 40 5 45 Breaking and Entering 1 0 1 Breaking and Entering and Larceny 40 1 41 Disturbance 9 0 9 False Alarms, Fire 21 1 22 Larceny 72 6 78 Lewd and Lascivious 8 0 8 Loitering 27 0 27 Malicious Destruction of Property 92 3 95 Malicious Mischief 86 6 92 Out Late at Night 5 0 5 Profane Language 3 0 3 Runaway 12 4 16 Setting Fires 13 0 13 Stubborn Child 5 2 7 Trespassing 97 5 102 Truancy 8 0 8 Under the Influence of Liquor 2 0 2 Using Without Authority 5 0 5 Vagrancy 2 0 2 Violating Bicycle Laws 19 1 20 Violating Traffic Laws 3 0 3 Miscellaneous 365 8 373 Totals 947 42 989 Of the above tabulation, many of the cases require further observa- tion and special attention by the Juvenile officers. These investigations require that every possible effort be made to determine the cause of the offense. The Juvenile officers solicit the aid of the clergy, teachers, and parents, discussing with them the problems relating to each case. Th©se methods have been productive of good results in the settlement of difficulties surrounding the various complaints. Thirty-four of the cases necessitated court action. In the prosecu- tion of these thirty-four cases, it was necessary to bring charges against six adults. Of these six adults, two were parents charged with neglect of minor children. The cases involving these six adults are included in the following tabulation: STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 141 Court Cases—Dispositions I a 4 O O O � u V d0 m � .. N 0 inU min aU ►�7vt U ! En k. %F A UU 0 H Boys 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 18 30 Girls 1 3 4 Adults 1 2 1 2 6 Totals 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 21 40 During the year ending December 31, 1945, stolen property recovered, restitution for money taken, and repair of damage done by Juveniles, amounted to $2,244.98. A total of 1708 Juvenile Cards were turned into the Crime Preven- tion Bureau during the year. Officer John A. Higgins was appointed Acting Sergeant during the past year and his position in the Bureau was filled by the appointment of Officer Richard T. Ryan. Auxiliary Police The Auxiliary Police Force, under the supervision of Sergeant Walter Flaherty, this department, is comprised of 115 fully-uniformed officers, 85% of whom may be considered active members. Monthly meetings were held at which the average attendance was forty members. The assistance rendered by the Auxiliary Police has been invaluable to the Police Department on such occasions as "V J Day" (when 40 of them performed police duty) and Hallowe'en (when 26 reported for duty). Their assistance on these occasions was responsible for the pre- vention of many acts of vandalism which might otherwise have been perpetrated, and they are to be commended for the excellent work which they have accomplished. Personnel In general the conduct of the personnel and the spirit of cooperation was excellent. It became necessary, however, to impose punishment on five men during the year; one of these men had to be punished twice and is at this writing suspended. Punishment was imposed only after repeated warnings and reprimands. Overtime worked by officers without pay: 2,808 hours. Days lost because of sickness: 772. Two men were lost to the department during the year ending December 31, 1945, through retirement: Sergeant Thomas W. Devaney—August 30, 1945 Patrolman Harold M. Parker—December 31, 1945 There were many commendable acts and deeds performed by the personnel of this department during the year. They are too numerous STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 142 to mention here. A study of the record of arrests (see preceding pages) shows that many of the men are deserving of commendation. In each case they were commended in writing and copy of commendation entered on their records. In conclusion, we wish to thank the Justices of the Superior and District Courts, the Clerks of same, the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Members of -the Finance Committee, other Town officers, and the many public-spirited citizens who have cooperated with this department during the year. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD A. MURRAY, Acting Chief of Police. REPORT OF THE TOWN VETERINARIAN December 31, 1945 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: My annual report as Town Veterinarian and Inspector of Animals is respectfully submitted for the year ending December 31, 1945. A total of 323 visits were made during the year. Of this total 271 visits were made investigating dog bite cases reported to me by the Board of Health, the Police Department or the State Division of Live- stock Disease Control. In many instances it is necessary to make several visits in the case of dog bites in order to find the owner at home so that examination of the animal can be made and quarantine papers for it delivered to the owner. In other instances it is necessary to make a second visit at the end of the first week as the State Department of Health recommends that rabies vaccination be started at once on all persons who receive face bites. If at the end of a week the dog or other animal inflicting the bite is not showing any evidence of rabies, treat- ment may be stopped. As has been customary for many years, rabies clinics for vaccinating all the dogs of the Town against rabies have been conducted under the auspices of the Board of Health. These free clinics are well supported and each year a good percentage of the dogs are vaccinated. As most of the neighboring cities and towns conduct similar clinics each year the incidence of rabies has been kept very much lower than before these clinics were started. As a matter of fact no case of rabies has been found in the Town for over eight years. During the year two animals inflicting bites and destroyed im- mediately following the biting have had the heads taken to the labora- tory at the Harvard Medical School for examination for rabies as re- quired by State regulations. Inspection of all properties in the Town on which farm animals are kept.has been carried out and certification of health and sanitary condi- tions made to the State Division of Livestock Disease Control. No communicable disease has been encountered. I wish to express my appreciation for the full cooperation and assistance received from all Town officials and employees. Respectfully submitted, H. W. JAKEMAN, V.M. D., Town Veterinarian and Inspector of Animals. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 143 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS The Board of Assessors respectfully submit the annual report for the year 1945. The Board functioned this year with a full Board of three, and by diligent effort have increased valuations both in real and personal properties. We have been handicapped by the shortage of regular clerks. Miss Mary Walsh has recently returned from military service after two years absence. With the aid of Mrs. Helen Kerivan, our Principal Clerk, advising substitutes we have accomplished every requirement. Inasmuch, as it is the duty of all citizens to pay their share of the annual expenses of the Town of Watertown each individual should file a "Form of List" setting forth a list of the "Real and Tangible" property. These forms may be obtained at the Assessors Office, Administration Building, and by filing such, will avoid inequitable assessments. All applications for abatement on real and personal property must be filed on a form approved by the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation on or before October 1st of the year in which the tax is assessed. This is a law of the State of Massachusetts, and the Board of Assessors has no alternative but to reject any application made after that date. Applications for temporary exemption from real estate for persons in the armed forces of the United States, in accordance with Chapter 412, Acts of 1943, must be filed prior to February 1st of the year following that of entry into the armed forces and of each subsequent year during such service. We wish also, to call to your attention that the tax rate and the amount of your tax bill is determined by the amount of money recom- mended and voted at our town meeting. The Board of Assessors wishes to thank the people of Watertown for their cooperation with the Board and the personnel of our office for their efficient and cheerful aid. The following is a summary of the list of State and County taxes and valuations for the year 1945. Respectfully submitted, ANDREW D. BRADFORD, Chairman RONALD M. STONE EDWARD F. WRIGHT Total Appropriations for 1945 $2,503,920.27 Court Judgments 7,376.87 Deficit in overlay for 1943 109.02 Other amounts necessary to be raised 34,226.85 State & County Taxes 286,592.40 1945 Overlay 42,687.65 Gross amount to be raised $2,874,913.06 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 144 Total estimated receipts $783,192.68 1944 overestimate on State & County Taxes 87.37 Amounts voted to be taken from available funds 303,091.87 Total estimated receipts and available funds $1,086,371.92 Net amount to be raised by taxation on polls and property $1,788,541.14 8805 Polls Grp $2.00 each $17,610.00 Total valuation: 1945 Tax Rate $34.00 Personal Property $3,472,575.00 $118,067.55 Real Estate 48,613,635.00 1,652,863.59 Total taxes to be levied on polls & property $1,788,541.14 Valuations Buildings- exclusive of land $39,030,525.00 Land exclusive of buildings 9,583,110.00 $48,613,635.00 Personal Estate 3,472,575.00 Total Valuations $52,086,210.00 December Assessments Real Estate 8,050.00 Total valuation including December assessment $52,094,260.00 Increase in valuation of Real Estate including December assessment $258,875.00 Increase in valuation of Personal Estate 94,900.00 Total increase in valuation $353,775.00 Total Poll Abatements For the year 1945 $7,432.00 Total Abatements on Personal Property For the year 1944 $120.08 For the year 1945 505.07 $625.15 Total Abatements on Real Estate For the year 1938 $18.70 For the year 1939 19.25 For the year 1942 65.62 For the year 1943 804.22 For the year 1944 5,785.96 For the year 1945 11,078.45 $17,772.20 Abatement of Moth Charge For the year 1945 $5.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 145 Abatement on Sidewalk Assessments For the year 1936 $7.45 For the year 1937 6.90 For the year 1938 6.55 $20.90 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Total valuation of Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $844,180.00 Total Abatements on Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise For the year 1944 $41.48 For the year 1945 521.46 $562.94 TREASURER'S REPORT I respectfully submit the following financial report for the year 1945: Borrowed in Anticipation of Revenue January 19 Merchants National Bank of Boston $300,000.00 0 rate of .337% discounted Notes Paid in 1945 November 15 Merchants National Bank of Boston $300,000.00 Notes Due in 1946 NONE Funded Debt Retired in 1945 February 1 New Administration Building $10,000.00 April 1 Drainage 1,000.00 Drainage 1,000.00 Drainage 1,000.00 Drainage 1,000.00 Municipal Relief 9,000.00 Municipal Relief 24,000.00 Streets 2,000.00 May 1 School 4,000.00 June 1 Municipal Relief 8,000.00 July 1 Municipal Relief 7,000.00 October 1 Municipal Relief 5,000.00 November 1 Municipal Relief 8,000.00 Highway Equipment 6,000.00 December 1 School 8,000.00 Police Station 2,000.00 $97,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 146 Funded Debt Due in 1946 February 1 New Administration Building $10,000.00 April 1 Drainage 1,000.00 Drainage 1,000.00 Drainage 1,000.00 Drainage 1,000.00 Municipal Relief 9,000.00 Streets 2,000.00 May 1 Municipal Land 7,000.00 June 1 Municipal Relief 8,000.00 July 1 Municipal Relief 7,000.00 October 1 Municipal Relief 5,000.00 November 1 Municipal Relief 8,000.00 December 1 School 6,000.00 $66,000.00 Debt Statement Total Funded Debt December 31st, 1945 $281,000.00 DEBT OUTSIDE DEBT LIMIT: School P.W.A. Chap. 404, Acts 1935 $30,000.00 Municipal Relief, W.P.A., Chap. 58, Acts 1938 48,000.00 Municipal Relief, W.P.A., Chap. 72, Acts 1939 84,000.00 Total Debt Outside of Debt Limit $162,000.00 DEBT WITHIN DEBT LIMIT: Drainage $16,000.00 Administration Building 60,000.00 Streets 8,000.00 Municipal Land 35,000.00 Total Debt Within Debt Limit $119,000.00 $281,000.00 A statement of the accounts on which the Town Indebtedness applies: Sewers and Drains $16,000.00 Schools 30,000.00 Street Betterments 8,000.00 Administration Building 60,000.00 Municipal Relief 132,000.00 Municipal Land $35,000.00 $281,000.00 The indebtedness of the Town matures as follows: 1946 $66,000.00 1947 65,000.00 1948 65,000.00 1949 49,000.00 1950 25,000.00 1951 11,000.00 $281,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 147 Borrowing Capacity for 1946 Valuation 1943 $52,788,170.00 Valuation 1944 . 52,735,105.00 Valuation 1945 52,938,440.00$158,461,715.00 Abatements 1943 $705,938.36 Abatements 1944 355,615.00 Abatements 1945 355,340.00 1,416,893.36 3) $157,044,821.64 52,348,273.88 3% 1,570,448.21 Less Debt Inside Debt Limit 119,000.00 Borrowing Capacity January 1, 1946 $1,451,448.21 A Statement of Debt and Total Cash Expenditures of the Town for thirty years: Year Expenditures Debt 1916 $1,010,473.76 $807,925.00 1917 1,165,912.95 809,500.00 1918 1,116,816.30 767,500.00 1919 1,525,651.33 1,003,000.00 1920 1,788,282.40 1,087,000.00 1921 2,083,986.77 1,319,000.00 1922 2,037,672.76 1,238,500.00 1923 2,144,143.57 1,183,500.00 1924 2,571,082.55 1,679,000.00 1925 3,015,407.96 1,914,000.00 1926 3,010,470.05 2,079,500.00 1927 3,384,965.67 2,023,000.00 1928 3,378,589.10 2,172,000.00 1929 4,011,343.85 2,171,500.00 1930 3,903,795.26 1,982,000.00 1931 4,282,947.52 1,947,000.00 1932 4,923,029.72 1,942,000.00 1933 4,171,875.82 1,499,000.00 1934 3,908,434.08 1,482,000.00 1935 3,804,109.55 1,477,700.00 1936 3,743,934.34 1,291,000.00 1937 3,668,053.63 1,153,000.00 1938 3,750,895.75 1,102,000.00 1939 3,770,835.31 1,201,500.00 1940 3,732,597.22 1,120,000.00 1941 3,593,494.47 890,000.00 1942 3,488,489.32 693,000.00 1943 3,076,543.04 515,000.00 1944 3,257,739.65 343,000.00 1945 3,388,896.39 281,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 148 Statement of Town Insurance Company Amount Expires Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company $102,000.00 Sept. 1, 1946 Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company 102,000.00 " " The World Fire & Marine Ins. Company 102,000.00 " " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 102,000.00 " It Queen Insurance Company of America 102,000.00 it Queen Insurance Company of America 102,000.00 " Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company 86,000.00 Sept. 1, 1947 Century Insurance Company 85,000.00 is it Penn Fire Insurance Company 85,000.00 " " Aetna Insurance Company 85,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 85,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 85,000.00 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 65,000.00 Sept. 1, 1948 Great American Ins. Company 65,000.00 it The World Fire & Marine Ins. Company 65,000.00 " " The Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Company 64,679.00 " It Insurance Company of North America 65,000.00 " It Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company 65,000.00 " " Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company 117,819.00 Sept. 1, 1949 Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 117,819.00 " It The World Fire & Marine Ins. Company 117,819.00 If Anchor Insurance Company 117,819.00 Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 117,819.00 It Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company 117,818.00 it Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company- 121,000.00 Sept. 1, 1950 The Baltimore American Ins. Company 121,000.00 " " The Connecticut Fire Ins. Company 71,000.00 it " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 50,000.00 dd " Queen Insurance Company of America 121,000.00 49 " Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Company 121,545.00 19 " Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Company 121,000.00 dd Cemetery Account The several sums of money turned over to me for the perpetual care of lots of the Cemeteries have been deposited in the Watertown Savings Bank, and are as follows: Balance, December 31, 1944 $71,736.59 Interest for the year 1945 1,457.76 $73,194.35 1944 Interest withdrawn 1,541.34 $71,653.01 Names and Amounts Collected in 1945 Jan. 31 Hovannessian & Johnson (Oscar B. Markarian) $45.00 Wm. H. Thomas (Herbert Bowen) 75.00 Hovannessian & Johnson (Araxie Barsoom) 75.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 149 Short & Williamson (Wilhelmina Taylor) 112.50 Mrs. Ethel H. Kenney 150.00 Mar. 7 Hovannessian & Johnson (Nishan Tashjian) 75.00 Charles Mardirosian (Anna Nazarian) 22.50 Charles Mardirosian (Vorteres Topalian) 22.50 Apr. 4 Charles Mardirosian (Sualtana Papazian) 22.50 Arthur Doherty (Hagop Goganian) 45.00 W. H. Thomas (Robert Bagley) 45.00 Paul & J. Douglas Hackett 135.00 Arthur Doherty (Jacob Antaranian) 45.00 Anthony F. Cota (Arthur Gillis) 90.00 Evelena M. Amos (Percy E. Amos) 75.00 Apr. 15 W. G. Rockwell (Marie C. Wixon) 75.00 W. G. Rockwell (Margaret C. Keddy) 112.50 May 2 Reid Memorial Chapel (Charles L. Brown) 22.50 May 23 Johnson Memo Chapel (Malorian) 45.00 John A. Gallagher (Augusta McGrath) 22.50 Johnson Memo Chapel (Esther Chakamian) 45.00 July 4 W. Guy Savage 154.50 Arthur C. Hasiotis (Charles Mangles) 45.00 Johnson Memo Chapel (Artin Aroutian) 75.00 Charles Jewell Brown 112.50 Wm. J. Cox (Nargual Astardgian) 22.50 W. G. Rockwell (Walter K. Moore) 22.50 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Elmas Vartebedian) 22.50 Archie W. Nutting 75.00 Short & Williamson (Walter DeLes Dermier) 45.00 July 25 W. G. Rockwell (Arthur Snow) 142.50 Carl A. Eckwall (Emma S. Eckwall) 45.00 Wm. R. Fletcher (Jennie M. Fletcher) 45.00 Clifford K. Noyes (Aurora C. Noyes) 45.00 Aug. 1 Johnson Memo. Chapel (John L. Portoukian) 45.00 Sept. 5 Johnson Memo Chapel (Samuel Ounjian) 45.00 Winthrop G. Rockwell (Genevieve S. Wright) 112.50 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Bogus Oulookhajian) 45.00 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Karekin Jamgochian) 22.50 Mrs. Elizabeth Gleason (John F. Gleason) 45.00 Elsie B. Elms 75.00 Wesley E. Monk 93.75 Geo. H. & Margaret Emery 56.25 Oct. 3 John P. Gallagher (Ralph N. Worcester) 22.50 Guy O. Putnam 56.25 Geo. H. Gregg & Son (Michael Lynch) 22.50 Oct. 31 Welfare Dept. (Elizabeth Hurd) 22.50 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Tarjian) 45.00 Frederick & Anna Hollis 45.00 W. G. Rockwell-(Bessie B. Gardiner) 56.25 Henry M. Doherty (Thos. N. Mercier) 45.00 Charles Maderosian (Nazly Erbag) 22.50 Florence L. Roy 100.00 Dec. 5 Mrs. Takoohy Kevorkian 82.50 Johnson Memo. Chapel (DerArakelian) 45.00 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Kurkjian) 4500 Iver H. Thileen 45.00 Dec. 31 J. S. Waterman & Sons (MacKeigan) 112.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 150 Capen Abbott (T. G. Abbott) 95.00 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Avedis Mardirosian) 75.00 Mrs. Louise Faulkner 22.50 John J. Stanton (Richard Phinney) 11.25 W. G. Rockwell (Sydney Hartenstein) 45.00 Johnson Memo. Chapel (Mary Sefarian) 45.00 $3,810.75 Balance Brought Forward $71,653.01 Balance December 31, 1945 $75,463.76 Town Trust Funds Martha Sanger Fund: Investment $935.91 Income for 1945 18.80 Balance December 31, 1945 $954.71 Templeton Fund: Investment $1,200.39 Income for 1945 101.36 Balance December 31, 1945 $1,301.75 Two $1,000 4% New York, New Haven & Hartford first mortgage bonds. Benjamin Iiosmer Pierce Fund: Investment $1,343.95 Income for 1945 27.00 Balance December 31, 1945 $1,370.95 Barry Fund: Investment $1,049.77 Income for 1945 21.09 Balance December 31, 1945 $1,070.86 Mary E. Emerson Fund: Investment $3,153.37 Income for 1945 62.90 $3,216.27 Disbursements 26.25 Balance December 31, 1945 $3,190.02 Michael P. Charles Fund: Investment $203.26 Income for 1945 4.05 $207.31 Disbursements 2.50 Balance December 31, 1945 $204.81 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 151 Rehabilitation Fund: Investment $100,000.00 Income for 1944 137.55 Income for 1945 849.40 Balance December 31, 1945 $100,986.95 Solon F. Whitney Fund: Investment $300.00 The Solon F. Whitney Fund was established by will this year in the amount of $300.00. The will provides that the fund come under the jurisdiction of the Trustees of the Free Public Library with the income therefrom to be used for the purchase of books of reference and books of art. Receipts and Expenditures Balance, January 1, 1945 $646,652.45 1945 Receipts 3,355,478.56 $4,002,131.01 1945 Paid Treasury Warrant 3,388,896.39 Balance December 31, 1945 $613,234.62 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 152 NO c w z� Pq o U bD y C1S di .0 A A z cO t0 ti 00 M CD L CO O O CD L-OO M O.-1 CO 1~00 0 0 r4 CO t- 00 M 0 CO t CO y w d1 d4 "I vI"In In Tv w en" In If, " W-"4 " In"" " y •� Q � �1 Q�1 "1 e 41-44-4-4 1,4.4-1 ti-4i��-1 11-1 4 11-1 -4-4-4-4 Q ��:-4-4 O ), ti•'{4 ;4 H t1 :. is F+ F1 A4 ;4 it ;-1 &4 ;-1 Iv.1 d1 Q1' Q' QiQ'�1'QId'Q'd'Q'iQ'Q'Q'iQ'�'�1(�iW W(� PL4PQnAQhhh a as 0 CIS W k cd cd C E� G� O W a Q1, a po 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 h 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O C7 C�O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O �w 0000000000000000In00000InInInInIn000 elWln In In In In In In In In In In In to In In 0 0 0 O CD O M M M M M N N N "i In In In to to In In In In In In to In In to-,ZN ... . . N N N N 00000p0p00000ooC)p(oC) �Qv0Qog00000000 0�0000000SO000�p00b00 t6t6 CDtOtD0p00CIS CD r 00 N.. N_ .�.. - - .. In. . . .. M. M' - cn fJ .Oy O. . . rOti_ ti. - - _ . O O ti. cu CJ � - 153 d W - - Q cz b a a Cd U Q 0 y, car- wcar- oo avv ".a� car- Vl-WVd4"-Wca-Mw "ro .� �w�ra� ww"wwv�v� �rv� �rww�wwwv� v� � In I mmmcnm m0ma) ma)mmC) mmmm .--I -c.-4.-1.-1,-c -4 -4 .1 -1 -4 ri.--1.-1 r1 r-1 r-I ,-1 r1 'q z �Cd1 F D > D :. Fi is f-i L. Li it.-�. .ti'.� +� +� M w M ✓� M zzzhhzhoo o a q o_ o _ A z_ _ . _ _ = - 0- - - z cd o w H w csm W a U 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a O cp If.)in to n O O C�0 n n In Io 10 Un to to LO Ln Io to Lo 14 O D O N GV N CV IO n vn 'f.1 C-N r•N N N N N r- r-N c- L-: p y N-i " " r- .q-4 N N Cl N co co co co 0 to to Co-4 e-1 -4 -4 -1 C� O .y ar-1 r-4"f.-1.--I r-4'-I"4 v-I r q r 4.-I .1 �q r-14"4"4"t Q � pp pp pOpp S�p7CD CD o O O O O O O O p 0 0 0 0 c�O CCD,O O CD�OO O CCD)O O O cow Comm cn )NNNN r•r-r•r•co u710 to r- Nr-t-L- PO� Q a) .� O C) 0 Z 0 M_ M_ a>. a�. UM M M. .. _ _ _ C)_ _ _ M_ .. _ . .. y fJ Z - Q - ti 0 A 154 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 1945 - 1946 WHITFIELD W. JOHNSON, Chairman ESTHER DIMICK, Secretary MARY J. BARRY MRS. MARY R. HARVEY CHARLES T. BURKE HUGH J. O'BRIEN Librarian LYDIA W. MASTERS Assistant Librarian ELEANOR L. MOORE Library Staff as of January 1, 1946 MARY C. BLAKE Assistant, Main Library VIOLET E. BOSTWICK Assistant, Main Library NATALIE S. DUNBAR Assistant, North'Branch RUTH L. ELPHICK Assistant, East Branch MARY V. HARNEY Assistant, East Branch ETHEL M. HOWARD Librarian, West Branch ESTHER E. JALONEN Assistant, Main Library HELEN W. JAY Assistant, East Branch BEATRICE C. JOHNSON Librarian, East Branch ROSE M. KELLEY Claildren's Librarian ELSIE M. McCABE Assistant, Main Library MARY McNALLY Assistant, East Branch ESTHER E. TESTA Librarian, North Branch ANNE M. TRACEY Assistant, Main Library Part-tinge Workers EDITH ANDERSON SUE HEMPHILL JEANNE CAMOREYT DOROTHY LINDESTRAND PATRICIA DOLAN JACQUELINE MENGHI JOANN DOREY JUDITH MILLER BARBARA ELLIS LUCIA A. TOSCANO Building Custodians JOHN CANNON East Branch HENRY HIGGINS North Branch RICHARD LeSHANE West Branch BERNARD MANNIX Main Library STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 155 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF WATERTOWN To the Citizens of Watertown: In view of the very comprehensive report of the Librarian there seems little justification for a report from the Chairman of the Trustees. An addition to the invested funds of the Library during the last year, however, suggests that a brief review and recapitulation of the various funds which have been established for the benefit of the Library may not be amiss. Solon F. Whitney who served the Library faithfully and devotedly from the time it was organized in 1868 until his death in 1917 provided in Article Second of his will that upon the death of his daughter, should she leave no children surviving her, his home (now numbered 37 Gar- field Street) should be sold and the proceeds paid over to the Trustees of the Free Public Library "for the purchase of Books of Reference and Books on Art, provided the Town of Watertown accepts the bequest." (See Middlesex Probate Records No. 114897). In 1928 by authority of the Probate Court secured through the written consent of the Library Trustees, the testamentary Trustees placed a Five Thousand Dollar mortgage on this property which was never liquidated. In view of the family situation, the contingency under which the Library might even- tually benefit from this bequest was so extremely remote and the value of the equity over and above the mortgage was so relatively small, that the Whitney heirs offered to transfer,to the Library Trustees the sum of Three Hundred Dollars as a memorial fund in memory of the out- standing services rendered to the community by Mr. Whitney as its first Librarian, in consideration of a release by the Town of the Library's contingent interest in the property. Upon the recommendation of the Library Trustees this offer was accepted at the special Town Meeting held in September, 1945. This money has now been received and deposited in the Watertown Savings Bank as the Solon F. Whitney fund, the income of which is to be used in accordance with Mr. Whitney's wishes as expressed in his will. In 1888 the children of Asa Pratt, "to aid the efforts of the people for such education as tends specially to make all men more useful citizens" created a trust fund in the amount of Five Thousand Dollars to be known as the Asa Pratt Fund. Mr. Pratt who died in 1878 was a citizen of Watertown for more than sixty years and for almost half a century he was engaged in the manufacture of furniture here. The instrument creating this grant provided that a stipulated "part of the yearly income thereof shall every year be paid over to the Trustees of the public library and by them be applied to the purchase of such periodical literature, including papers, as in their opinion shall be of particular interest and use to the industrial portion of the community and which consequently may be of use to all . . ." It further provided that the balance of the annual income should be added to the principal and that every five years the income paid over to the Library Trustees should be increased by Twenty-Five Dollars. At the present time the Library is receiving Four Hundred Dollars a year from this fund. Through the loving generosity of his heirs and in memory of the integrity of his character and his handiwork, the Library has been able to provide an unusual amount of periodical literature which the Trustees STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 156 might otherwise have been unable to acquire. The present Trustees of the Asa Pratt Fund are Otis L. Hawes and Harry W. Brigham. The vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Edward C. Camp has not yet been filled. I am advised that the present principal account of this Fund has a cash value of approximately $12,980.00. Under the will of Mrs. Abbie V. Barry who died in 1898, the Library received a bequest of One Thousand Dollars "to be used for the purchase of books." (See Middlesex Probate Records No. 48115). Mrs. Barry was the widow of Charles J. Barry who for several terms was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Library and this bequest was undoubtedly given in his memory and as an indication of his great interest in the development of the Library. The principal of the fund has been preserved in its entirety and the full amount of One Thousand Dollars is now on deposit in the Watertown Savings Bank as the Abbie V. Barry Fund. Benjamin H. Pierce who died in 1900 bequeathed the sum of One Thousand Dollars to the Trustees of the Free Public Library "to be used for library purposes only and for_such library purposes as in the judg- ment of said Trustees shall seem proper, they are to have the right to create with said sum a trust fund and use the income thereof or they are to have the right to expend the principal for Library purposes." (See Middlesex Probate Records No. 53662). The Library received only about Eight Hundred Dollars because the Estate was not sufficient to pay all of the legacies in full and they were accordingly pro rated. The Trustees then in office very wisely used this bequest to create a trust fund and they let the income accumulate until the fund reached One Thousand Dollars. The latitude in the use of the income has enabled succeeding Trustees to benefit the Library in a wide variety of ways for which income from the other funds could not be expended. Mr. Pierce and his brother, both of whom were unmarried, were market gardeners and lived in a house on Lexington Street looking down Orchard Street. His public spirit had been previously demonstrated by giving to the Town a granite watering trough for horses which was installed at the corner near his home. This fund in the full amount of One Thousand Dollars is on deposit in the Watertown Savings Bank as the Benjamin H. Pierce Fund. Under the will of Mrs. Mary D. Emerson Mead the Library received a sum of Three Thousand Dollars in loving memory of her husband, Dr. Julian A. Mead. The income from this fund is to be used specifically under the terms of her will "for the purchase of books." (See Middlesex Probate Records No. 142901). Dr. Mead, perhaps the outstanding physi- cian in the community in the late nineties and early nineteen hundreds, was a Trustee of the Library for-many years and perhaps has never been surpassed in his active participation in the actual administration of the Library. He was the physician at the Watertown Arsenal and was instrumental in creating a taste for good literature on the part of many of the Arsenal employees who otherwise might never have learned the joy to be derived from the use of the Library. One of our Watertown citizens of Armenian birth, Michael P. Charles, who died in 1941 remembered the Library with a bequest of Two Hundred Dollars for the purpose of "buying books for the Library." (See Middlesex Probate Records No. 240026). The significance of this gift is all the greater because none of the Trustees in office at that time knew Mr. Charles. Although this was an outright bequest, the Trustees felt that it should be considered as an invested fund, the income to be STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 157 used solely for the purchase of books. The Trustees hope to use this income for books that might create a wider understanding of Armenian culture. And thus will the useful lives of these good citizens of yesteryear be projected in perpetuity and by their good works will they continue to live in the hearts of generation after generation. To those who for all time to come shall enter the portals of our Library in search of truth and knowledge, may the lives of these foresighted and generous.benefac- tors be a constant inspiration and joy until time shall be no more. This report would be incomplete if I did not express the grateful appreciation of the Trustees for the consecrated service generously given to the Library and to the community by our very able Librarian and her capable staff. To James H. Sheridan who is ex officio Treasurer of the invested funds of the Library, the Trustees express their gratitude for the courtesy with which he has handled these additional duties. For the patience and consideration with which William W. Norcross, the Town Auditor, has cooperated in the disbursements of the Library's appropriations and for the generosity with which the Finance Com- mittee has heeded the Library's financial requirements each year, the Trustees are also grateful. I must express my own very personal in- debtedness to my colleagues for the privilege of acting as their Chairman and for their tolerance in adjusting meeting dates, often at no little inconvenience to themselves, to enable me to be present without neglect- ing other obligations. Respectfully submitted, WHITFIELD W. JOHNSON, Chairman REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN To the Trustees of the Watertown Free Public Library Ladies and Gentlemen: We may now, altho officially the war has not ended, speak of World War II in the past tense. At the beginning of the seventy-ninth year of this Library, it is fitting that we should take account of our work, not of past accomplishments but of what we should plan for the future. Through the war years we were faced with shortages of many things from fuel to staff. The end of hostilities has not relieved all shortages or wiped away all problems. Emerson is credited with saying;"If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap, than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door." I wonder if that is wholly true. Are people always seeking the best in literature or is there a growing demand for the mediocre and exciting book? Librarians are debating whether in the future it will be necessary for them to cry their wares in some way beyond book lists, book talks and preparing attractive exhibits. Certainly libraries should have a large part in adult education but should it go beyond building our col- lection of books? There are many mediums of adult education. One of them, the radio, brings many types of education into- the home. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 158 Many listeners to the Quiz programs turn to the library for the answers and surely we wish the library to be considered a source of information. Many of the larger libraries with lecture halls have, more or less suc- cessfully, embarked upon lecture courses and other methods of adult education. Because of our proximity to Boston and our lack of halls such a course has not proved feasible for our library. I am glad that we are to purchase, from the Pierce Fund, a lantern, or moving picture machine, which can be used in the branches as well as in the Main Library. Through this experiment we can judge how much further we should go in this line. This year in cooperation with the Greater Boston Book Review Club we have issued posters with a greeting to the returning veterans. Sev- eral slogans were submitted and the one from our library was chosen. These posters have been used by more than twenty libraries in eastern Massachussetts. The posters and cards, which were printed in Water- town, have received considerable notice in library journals with the result that orders. have been received from a number of distant states. The poster calls attention to many services that the library can render the returning veteran but these services are equally valuable to citizens who have not participated in the war. The cards have been mailed to each veteran as fast as we could secure the name and address. If we miss anyone it is not for lack of effort on our part. Many men have expressed their appreciation of our greetings. Soon we shall see whether the books sent through libraries to the camps and the books printed for servicemen by the U. S. Government, have made new readers and have made the veteran more library conscious. One young man in a sailor's uniform, was seen looking around the library and when asked if we could help him, he grinned and said, "I used to use this place a lot. I'm on a furlough and as I was going down Main St., I said to myself, I'm going in the library and see if it's the same and it is." With a smile, he added, "I'll be back in three months". This year we have made especial efforts to increase our vocational services, our collection of college and school catalogs and books that would be of help to the men returning to civilian life and wishing to prepare themselves for a better job. The college catalogs, especially, have been much used. We hope that it will be possible for us to secure an assistant who will act as reader's adviser. Miss McCabe who has been working along these lines and sending the cards to veterans is to leave us this month. One of the problems that is not on the wane is the matter of over- due books. An increasing number of cards are sent and money must still be plentiful for we have taken in $2,200 in fines. We have also lost a number of books through people who move and leave no ad- dress. The Police Department have given good cooperation in the re- covery of books. There has been an increased use of adult books during the year and it probably would have been greater but for the number of severe storms in the latter part of the year. There is, however, a loss in the books issued to young people. The storms, winter sports and the activities organized to forestall juvenile delinquency probably account for some of the drop in circulation. in the children's department. Story hours have been well attended, reading contests have been held and children's books were never more attractive. Movies, a form of visual education which is of doubtful value to children, are hard to offset. Can it be that we value too little the things that are free? STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 159 During the year 4,947 books were added to the library and 3,211 were discarded or lost. Our present book stock is 93,261 volumes. It seems advisable to add some book shelves at the East Branch to care for their growing collection. The year has brought many changes on our staff. Mrs. Mary E. York, who joined the staff in 1929, resigned in January. Miss Doris G. Martin, a member of the staff since 1927 and West Branch Librarian from 1933, resigned in September to take a course in religious education. In October Mrs. Doris M. Berry, who had been head of circulation for three years, left us and Mrs. Helen E. Myers, a member of the staff since 1935 and who served as assistant in charge of work with juniors at the East Branch, left us in December. Both of them leaving to take up home duties. Mrs. Myers' work with posters and exhibits has been out- standing. All of them will be missed by the public and their associates. The following appointments have been made: Miss Elsie M. McCabe to fill the vacancy caused by Mrs. York's resignation, Esther E. Jalonen to fill the vacancy caused by Miss Courtney's retirement, Ethel M. Howard to be West Branch Librarian, Mrs. Violet E. Bostwick to succeed Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Helen W. Jay to succeed Mrs.Myers. Our problems with custodians were with us most of the year. Charles Pollock, part-time custodian at the North Branch since it opened in 1928, resigned. In September the work at the North Branch and the East Branch was taken over provisionally by Henry Higgins. In December John Cannon returned from three years' service in the U. S. Army and has taken up his duties at the East Branch. We appreciate many gifts that have been received during the year. One deserving special mention was that of six volumes of poetry given in memory of the late Mrs. Florence Rawlings. Such a gift to the library makes a lasting and useful memorial. These are changing times and it behooves us to be alert to changing conditions and to the needs of our community. An interesting public opinion poll of what people in metropolitan areas think of their public libraries was taken early in 1945. Some of the answers are enlighten- ing. A digest says: "Asked how much difference it would make to their city if there was no public library, 78 per cent declared it would make 'a great deal' and another 16 per cent feel it would make 'quite a bit'." Thus, nine out of ten people think a public library is a valuable asset to the community. Let us try to win the other one of the ten and make it unanimous. Again, I wish to express my appreciation of the cooperation I have received during the year from you, the Trustees, and from all the mem- bers of my staff. Respectfully submitted, LYDIA W. MASTERS, Librarian STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 160 APPENDIX A 1945 Circulation Per- by Classes Adult Junior Juvenile Totals tentage Periodicals .. ........ .... 8,767 3,455 5,025 17,247 6.5 Philosophy ......... . . 2,281 192 1,813 4,286 1.6 Biography .. .......... .. 4,561 1,652 2,001 8,214 3.07 History .......... ....... 4,906 492 2,514 7,912 2.96 Travel .... .............. 2,773 471 4,403 7,147 2.7 Social sciences .......... 2,731 379 1,118 4,228 1.5 Natural sciences ....... . 2.427 908 3,558 6,893 2.6 Useful arts .. ........ . . .. 3,533 1,043 3,099 7,675 2.86 Recreative arts ...... .... 1,039 306 887 2,232 .83 Music .................. 851 196 710 1,757 .66 Fine arts .. . . .... ..... .. 1,864 91 455 2,410 .9 Language & literature . . . 6,082 772 24,367 31,221 11.7 Foreign ... . . . ....... .. .. 96,001 22,711 46,282 164,994 61.73 Total . . ... .. . . . . . 138,367 32,668 96,232 267,267 100.0 K Of these books 864 are folklore Of these books 12,958 are readers Of these books 8,890 are picture books APPENDIX B American Library Association Form of Uniform Statistics Annual Report for the Year ended December 31, 1945 Name of Library ...................Watertown Free Public Library Town . . ... .........................Watertown, Massachusetts Name of Librarian .............. ...Lydia W. Masters Date of Founding .. ........ ...... .. 1868 Population served .............. ....35,427 (U. S. Census); 37,438 (State Census) AsEessed valuation ................ .$52,086,210 Library appropriation per capita ... $1.34 Terms of use ......................Free for lending and reference Number of Agencies .. .... ........ .Main Library; branches, 3, Schools, 10, rooms, 63 Number of days open during the year . .... ... .....................300 Hours of lending Main library . . ....... ... . . . ..... .72 (10 mos.) ; 63 (2 mos.) East Branch ........ . .. . .........67 (10 mos.) ; 58 (2 mos.) North Branch ........... .......40 West Branch ........... .........20 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 161 Receipts Town appropriation ...... ... . . ................ . .......... $50,245.00 Special for repairing roof ... .. ........................... . 675.00 Total ..... ................... . ....... ... ...... ..... .. $50,920.00 Transferred to other departments .... ........ ......... . .. . 660.00 Total balance . . .... . ... . ..... ... ...... . . . .. ..... . . . . . $50,260.00 Expenditures Books and periodicals •.• • . . ...• .. • • .............• • . • •• • •• $ 6,698.68 Binding .... .... . ...... .. .. 1,301.21 Salaries: Library service .... .... . ..... ............ .... .. . . . .... 30,874.57 Custodian service ..... .......... ........ ........... .. 4,270.37 Heat, light, water ... .. . ................. . .............. .. 2,350.50 Building maintenance and repairs ......... .. ...... ..... .. 1,297.53 Supplies . . . .... . . . . ... .... . . . .. ..... . ........ . .. ........ .. 698.61 Other maintenance .. ... ......... ....... .. .. . ..... .. .. .. .. 952.91 Expenditures from appropriation . . .. ... . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . $48,444.38 Expended for repairing roof .... . . ...... . ......... .. .. ... . 675.00 Total expenditures . . . . . ...... ... ........ ....... .. ...... . $49,119.38 Balance from appropriation ... ... .... . . . . . ...... .... ..... 1,140.62 Total . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .... . . .. ..... . . . . ..... . . . . . . . ... $50,260.00 Book fines returned to Town ..... ... .. .......... .. . ...... $2,201.54 "See also amounts expended from funds. INCOME FROM ENDOWMENT FUNDS Balance Balance Amount Jan. 1, Jan. 1, 1945 Received Total Expended 1946 Barry Fund $49.77 $21.09 $70.86 00.00 $70.86 Charles Fund 3.26 4.05 7.31 2.50 4.81 Mead Fund 153.37 62.90 216.27 28.25 190.02 Pierce Fund 343.95 27.00 370.95 00.00 370.95 Pratt Fund 5.70 400.00 405.70 400.00 5.70 BOOK STOCK Adult Juvenile Total Number of books at the beginning of the year . . . . . . . . . . . .... . 71,951 19,573 91,524 Volumes added during the year .. 2,671 2,277 4,948 Gifts and exchanges included above 188 Number of volumes lost and with- drawn during the year ..... . 1,385 1,826 3,211 Total number at the end of the year 73,237 20,024 93,261 Number of periodicals and news- papers currently received ....Titles 185 Copies 281 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 162 USE Number of fiction lent for home use: Adult Juvenile Total Main Library . ... . ... .. .. . .. .. . . . . .. 36,350 15,418 51,768 East Branch ...... . .. .. .. . ... .. . . . . . 33,547 20,585 54,132 North Branch ..................... . 19,861 11,381 31,242 West Branch .. ..................... 6,243 5,253 11,496 Schools .... ................. ...... .. 13,742 13,742 Percentage of fiction of total volumes lent 61.7 Total number of volumes lent for home use: Main Library .............. . . . ...... 57,628 28,920 86,548 East Branch .. ...... . . .. .. . . . . . .. .. . 48,703 36,029 84,732 North Branch . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . .... .. 24,550 22,237 46,787 West Branch ... . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . .... . 7,439 10,949 18,388 Schools .................... . ........ 47 30,765 30,812 Total number of volumes circulated . .. 138,367 128,900 267,267 Circulation per capita ...................................... 7.54 Expenditures per capita .. ............ ...................... $1.34 Number of pictures lent for home use .. ..... . . .............. 948 Volumes rebound ...................... .... ................. 1,339 Interlibrary loan: Volumes borrowed ......................... . .............. 59 Volumes loaned ...... ....... .. ........................... 42 REGISTRATION Adult Juvenile Total Number of borrowers registered during the year . . . . . ........... ........... 1,801 1,237 3,038 Total number of registered borrowers.. 5,324 3,754 9,06E STAFF Number of staff, library service (reckoning part-time service to make whole units) ........ ...... .. . . . . . . . . . ........ 16.2 Custodian service .......... .. ....... ..... . . . . . . . . . . . ... .... 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS The report of the Water Commissioners for the sixty-first year of municipal operation is as follows: During the year the principal items of street mains that were laid are: 1550 feet of 10-inch cast iron cement lined pipe on Grove Street from Coolidge Hill Road to Arlington Street, replacing the old 6" cast iron pipe. This new 10-inch pipe will provide an ample amount of water for fire protection and for the new factories being constructed in this district. 300 feet of 8-inch cast iron cement lined pipe on Arsenal Street from the connection at North Beacon Street to the middle of Water- town Square, replacing the old cement lined pipe that was under the Boston Elevated Railroad tracks. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 163 64 feet of 8-inch cast iron cement lined pipe on Arsenal Street at the end of existing main, necessary for new construction. 120 feet of 6-inch cast iron cement lined pipe on Downey Street. 41 new house connections and services have been laid. 82 old house connections and services have been renewed or repaired. 15 new hydrants have been added and gated. Two hydrants that were broken off were replaced. The number of meters repaired and exchanged on house connections were 1625. 500 house services were cleaned from meter to the main. All hydrants have been inspected and repaired where necessary. Water Rate Reduction The 1945 General Court enacted a law which permitted the Metro- politan District Commission to take advantage of the current low in- terest rate available on construction bonds, and refinance their outstand- ing notes. The effect of refinancing these outstanding notes at a low rate of interest and an extended period of amortization was to reduce assess- ments to cities and towns now connected and purchasing water from the Metropolitan District Water Commission. Beginning January 1, 1946 the assessment on the Town of Water- town will be approximately Forty Dollars ($40.00) per million gallons of water purchased as compared to the previous rate of approximately One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). This drastic reduction in the cost of water prompted the Board of Water Commissioners to reduce the domestic and commercial rates. By such action, the home owner and business establishments receive the direct benefit of reduced water rates, instead of practically doubling the surplus returned each year from the Water Department to the General Treasury. Collections Two years ago the Board of Water Commissioners became cogniz- ant of an enormous amount of delinquent and uncollectable water bills that were being carried in the accounts from year to year and inau- gurated a policy for collection on these old accounts and also set in motion the present method of collection on current accounts. We are pleased to report that through the efforts of the Water De- partment personnel, the outstared bills unpaid has been reduced from $70,101.43 in December 1943 to $5,595.29 in December 1945, including amounts on liens. To attain this record the Board has been obliged to abate ac- counts uncollectable by the limitations of the law in the amount of $8,391.43 during the years 1944 and 1945. However, it has been possible to collect on delinquent accounts by either law suit or threat of a lien the sum of $7,000.000 during the same period. We therefore feel gratified that the long hours at numerous extra meetings of the Board has resulted in a record of collections second to none in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Recommendations 1. Sprinklers for all public buildings as suggested by Fire Chief William McElroy. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 164 2. A crane to be installed on the White Truck purchased last year, to facilitate the loading and unloading and placing in ditches heavy cast iron pipe thus avoiding the danger of injury to employees. 3. The purchase of a new truck chassis with special body fitted out for emergency repair work. 4. A new compressor mounted on a chassis. The.old compressor is 12 years old and is in such condition that the cost of repairs are pro- hibitive. 5. A new car for the Superintendent. 6. Replacing water mains on the following streets with larger pipes to furnish adequate water for fire protection and to services. The existing pipes are old and tuberculated to such an extent that the capacity in all lines has been reduced approximately fifty per cent. Belmont Street from Common Street to Sheldon Road. Thayer Road and Barnes Street from Sycamore Street to end of streets. Bates Road East from Mt. Auburn Street to Bates Road. North Beacon Street from Louise Street to Watertown Square. 7. Laying new water mains on the following proposed new develop- ments. Edwards Road, from Main Street to Waltham Street. Brandley Road, from Acton Street. Aldrich Road extension. 8. The Board of Water Commissioners also wish to repeat last years recommendation, that, "The Water Department be given sufficient funds to retain a consulting engineer for the purpose of making a com- plete survey of the town water system with recommendations for im- provements and reinforcements." From time to time during the past ten or fifteen years there has been suggestions made for necessary changes and reinforcements in our water system. Some of these changes have been made with partial bene- fits resulting therefrom, but the present Board feel that there is a definite need for coordinated planning and improvement of the entire water works system. As pointed out in a report of the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association in 1937, the pipe lines, including some of the main supply lines, have been installed approximately fifty years, and since these pipes when installed were not cement lined, their interior walls are tuberculated to such an extent that friction loss has been increased some sixty to seventy per cent, thus reducing the free waterway in these pipes. There is further need for flow determinations at all the fire hy- drants within the town. It is the opinion of the Board that a test should be made of all grid sections within the town so that the results of these tests could be recorded on a plan showing the actual flows at each hydrant. Dead ends should be eliminated where practicable. Small pipe sizes should be increased and replaced in densely popu- lated areas to allow for greater flows during a heavy demand of fire emergencies. JOHN L. HAYDEN, Chairman ERNEST K. INGALLS, Clerk CHARLES ARMSTRONG Board of Water Commissioners. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 165 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT To the Board of Water Commissioners: Gentlemen: In accordance with the usual custom I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1945. The extension and renewals of mains for the past year has been as follows: Length Size Arsenal Street 300 feet 8-inch Downey Street 120 feet 6-inch Grove Street 1550 feet 10-inch Pleasant Street 128 feet 6-inch TOTAL 2098 feet Total number of feet laid on construction and reconstruction, 2098 feet. Expenditures For Maintenance of Meters $9,327.19 For Maintenance of Mains 9,604.68 For Maintenance of Services 12,762.67 For Maintenance of Repair Shop 2,574.87 For Maintenance of Hydrants 2,910.38 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 1 700.41 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 2 224.19 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 3 305.47 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 4 717.38 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 5 613.05 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 6 441.57 For Maintenance of Automobile No. 7 203.11 $40,384.97 For Vacations $1,336.00 Salary of Superintendent 4,000.00 Salary of Asst. Superintendent 3,000.00 Salary of Registrar 3,000.00 Salary of Clerks 3,600.00 Salary of Meter Readers 7,099.20 Salary of Service Foreman 3,000.00 Maintenance of Office 1,597.33 New House Services 999.66 New -inch Meters 300.00 Construction and Reconstruction 270.32 New Hydrants 3,126.33 Water Liens 213.04 Emergency Overtime Work 1,499.99 Use of Car—Registrar 312.00 New I'4 Ton Truck 2,492.42 Grove Street, New 10-inch Pipe 6,669.80 $42,516.09 $82,901.06 Total Receipts $89,066.62 Expenditures 82,901.06 BALANCE $6,165.56 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 166 in conclusion, I would say that the Works. are in thoroughly good condition and will bear the closest inspection. Thanking the Board for their many courtesies extended and privi- leges allowed, and also thanking each employee of the Water Department for the faithful performance of their duties, this report fs Respectfully submitted, MICHAEL B. OATES, Superintendent Statistics of Consumption of Water 1. Estimated total population to date, 37,438. 2. Total consumption for the year, 921,046,000 gallons. 3. Average daily consumption, 2,523,400 gallons. 4. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 67. Statistics to Distribution System MAINS 1. Kind of pipe, cement-lined, cast-iron and transite. 2. Sizes, 16-inch to 2-inch. 3. Extended, 248 feet during the year. 4. Total now in use, 75.63 miles. 5. Number of hydrants added during the year, 15. 6, Number of hydrants now in use, 809. 7. Number of stop gates added during the year, 19. 8. Number of stop gates now in use, 1457. 9. Range of pressure on mains, 115 pounds to 30 pounds. SERVICES 10. Kind of pipe, wrought-iron, cement-lined, cast-iron, copper tubing. 11. Sizes, 3.,-inch to 12-inch. 12. Extended, 1631 feet. 13. Total now in use, 22,755.94 miles. 14. Number of service taps added during the year, 41. 15. Percentage of services metered, 100. Five Hundred emergency calls were received during the year. REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Gentlemen: The following report relating to work done and money expended by this department for the year ending December 31, 1945 is respectfully submitted: Highway Appropriations Pay Rolls $253,880.00 Highway Overtime 10,000.00 Highway Construction 4,100.00 Highway Maintenance 30,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 167 Highway Superintendent 4,500.OD Highway Asst. Superintendent 3,500.00 Highway Chief Clerk 1,980.OD Highway Senior Clerk 1,620.00 Highway Vacations 10,220.00 Highway Office 300.00 Snow and Ice 7,700.00 Snow and Ice Emergency Overdraft 6,733.63 Snow and Ice Overtime and Trucking Overtime Draft 16,597.06 Snow and Ice Overtime and Trucking 16,460.OD Chapter 90 Maintenance 900.O0 Received from State and County'(Chapter 90) 1,800.OD Pick Up Sweeper 7,040.00 Walters Snow Fighter 18,000.00 Garbage Truck 4,500.OD Catch Basin Machine 10,000.OD Grove Street Bridge 2,500.00 Bigelow and Nichols Avenue Widening 11,000.00 Sewer Construction 1,225.00 Sewer Maintenance 1,825.OD Sewer Maintenance Emergency Overdraft 551.03 Short Sewer Extensions 100.OD Sidewalk Construction 500.OD Sidewalk Maintenance 3,000.00 Ashes and Papers 2,000.00 B. & M. Grading and Drain 3,800.00 Drainage 1,008.55 Grove Street Drain 1,300.00 Garbage 1,500.00 $440,140.27 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 390,900.8D $49,239.47 Personnel Retired During 1945 Entered Town Employ Retired Michael D'Amico Jan. 30, 1929 Jan. 31, 1945 John F. Keefe Feb. 2, 1928 July 23, 1945 Joseph Ford Apr. 2, 1926 Nov. 1, 1945 Deceased During 1945 Entered Town Employ Died Dominic Ciavarro May 5, 1938 Feb. 26, 1945 Thomas Sullivan Nov. 16, 1943 Sept. 17, 1945 Florence McAuliffe May 17, 1938 Nov. 21, 1945 Randall MacKeigan June 11, 1945 Nov. 23, 1945 Highway Construction Hudson Street, Quirk Street and Whites Avenue Extension were constructed with a bituminous concrete surface, and should last for many years to come. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 168 As very little construction work has been done during the War, we are planning an extensive program to be carried out in 1946. Expenditures Hudson Street, Quirk Street and Whites Avenue from Fayette Street to Hudson Street $7,313.07 Chapter 90 Maintenance The streets listed below under expenditures were surface treated this past summer, and should not need much attention for several years. In conjunction with this work the Town has received a total of $1,800.00 from the State and County. Expenditures From To Cost Arlington Street Arsenal Street Elm Street $1,066.33 Belmont Street Lexington Street Waltham Line 1,341.06 Coolidge Avenue Grove Street Cambridge Line 523.65 Orchard Street Marion Road Lexington Street 1,789.38 $4,720.42 Highway Maintenance Much patching and sealing had to be done on our streets after'last winter and several miles of our macadam and gravel and oil streets are badly in need of surface treatment. Sections of Waltham Street and Church Street were given a surface treatment. The northerly corner of Waverley Avenue and Summer Street and the easterly corner of Gleason and Main Streets were widened and re- built thereby greatly benefitting traffic at these locations. New traffic and safety islands were built at Common and Mt. Auburn Streets and in Watertown Square. Extensive repairs had to be made on the Bridge Street bridge in order to make this structure safe for traffic. Wooden curbs were placed along the sidewalks on Waverley Avenue, Bridge Street and Whites Avenue bridges, thereby protecting the foot traffic over these bridges. We received our Catchbasin Eductor about the 1st of June and a glance at the records will show a big reduction in the cost of this type of maintenance, also the fact that every one of about 2700 catch basins in the Town was cleaned once during the year. Street cleaning is a big expense that should be reduced through machinery. Most of our trucks and automobiles are nothing but junk, and it is a problem to keep them running especially during the winter months. I am recommending the replacement of several during 1946. General Maintenance Expenditures Blacksmiths $155.40 Building wall rear of Municipal Garage 205.60 Building stock bins and office at garage 1,080.35 Building and repairs to truck sideboards 712.08 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 169 Bridge Street bridge repairs 1,637.00 Collecting clothing 104.70 Carpenters 791.00 Cleaning and repairing garage boilers 399.55 Cleaning catch basins and drains 6,059.54 Cutting weeds on grass borders 702.60 Erecting cement posts at Coolidge Dump 99.60 Excavating and repairing traffic 4ght connections in Watertown Square 2,076.89 Garage foremen 2,292.71 Garage janitors 5,924.00 Garage repairs 308.40 Garage clerk and lanternman 429AO Gasoline clerk 2,104.82 Hauling wood from Arsenal and deliverinb to Welfare recipients 1,152.35 Janitors at Legion Home 480.00 Mechanics 4,737.63 Municipal garage fence 336.90 National Defense—collecting salvage 343.83 Painting streets 4,324.30 Patching streets 13,466.67 Patching Arsenal Street 259.60 Patching Grove Street 502.89 Razing barn and grading at Legion Home 184.00 Repairs to Grove Street bridge 235.15 Repairs to Waverley Avenue Bridge 238.84 Repairs to Whites Avenue bridge 71.54 Repairs to Galen Street fence 115.20 Repairs to Veterans of Foreign Wars Home 41.60 Salt 404.84 Setting boundstones 28.80 Street and Traffic signs, also painting and repairs to street and traffic signs 6,771.61 Storekeeper 1,219.72 Street cleaning 25,315.80 Surface treatment on Church Street from Palfrey Street to Marion Road 3K96 Surface treatment on Waltham Street from Evans.Street to Waltham Line 20725 Timekeeper 1,881.60 Traffic Island corner Common Street and Mt. Auburn Street 372.80 Watchmen 7,871.11 Watchman at Grant School 64.00 Widening corner Summer Street and Waverley Avenue 59245 $96,691 08 Equipment Maintenance Expenditures Amplifying system for Garage $220Z4 Advertising bids 34SO Drinking water service 84•00 Expressing and freight 1355 Equipment repairs and supplies 1,71539 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 170 Fuel oil 2,121.35 Garage coat service 78.00 Garage supplies 393.86 Gasoline pump 355.00 Hardware supplies 904.85 Hoist and lift 131.23 Incidentals 7.50 Illuminating gas service 45.44 Lighting garage 993.98 Meteorological services 40.00 Printing for garage 60.37 Roller repairs 436.85 Welding and supplies 171.33 $7,808.14 AUTO & 'TRUCK MAINTENANCE Expenditures Auto and truck repairs and maintenance $15,589.88 Hire of car 14126 Registration 72.00 Insurance 176.00 $15,979.14 Summary General maintenance $96,691.08 Equipment maintenance 7,808.14 Auto and truck maintenance 15,979.14 $120,478.36 Snow and Ice To make it possible for quicker, better and cheaper service on snow and ice removal I recommend the acquisition of a snow loader on wheels so that we can get around the Town without losing so much dine traveling as in the case now with our present loader on caterpillars, Zlso six more sidewalk tractors so that we can plow all of the sidewalks on every street in the Town. Expenditures Calcium Chloride $156.46 Equipment repairs and supplies 9,963.20 Power shovel and bulldozer hire and operation 1,02324 Salt 1,763.20 Sand 1,290.3D Sand spreaders 350.00 Sanding payrolls 4,371.75 snow removal payrolls 38,673.66 Snow plows 3,405.00 Trucks, plows and grader hire 12,404.58 $73,401.39 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTIO'.1 171 Motor Pickup Sweeper Expenditures Guttersnipe Street Sweeper $3,900.00 Catch Basin Eductor Expenditures Mack chassis (1944) $3,986.63 Eductor 5,99873 $9,985 41 Garbage Truck Expenditures Mack Truck Chassis $2,887.00 Highway Superintendent Expenditures Salary of Thomas V. Dwyer $4,500.00 Assistant Superintendent of Highways Expenditures Salary of E. Harold Johnson $3,500.00 Highway Clerks Expenditures Salary of Esther L. Regan $1,980.00 Salary of Marie Flaherty 669.17 Salary of Frances Slavin: 950:83 $3,600AO Highway Office Expenditures Adding machine repairs 63.75 Advertising 1--5.00 Office supplies 12421 O.D.T. Books 1900 Printing 11920 Typewriter service 18,60 $29976 Highway Vacations Expenditures Vacations to employees . $9;984A0 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 172 Grove Street Bridge Expenditures Grove Street Bridge $2,351.22 Bigelow and Nichols Avenue Widening Expenditures Expended by Water Department $108.41 Ashes and Papers Expenditures Cleaning and leveling dumps $5,942.21 Collecting 56,152.42 Gasoline 1,409.24 Printing rubbish tickets 69.00 Repairing shed at Pleasant Street dump 113.60 $63,686.47 Garbage I am asking for the replacement of two of our garbage trucks with the new type enclosed body similar to our present one. Expenditures Collecting $39,769.53 Garbage pails 120.00 Gasoline 1,259.01 Printing garbage tickets 33.00 $41,181.54 Drainage New drainage had to be constructed in Forest Street, Hudson Street, Quirk Street and Whites Avenue Extension in connection with the construction of these streets. Expenditures Boston & Maine R. R. Easement $12.00 Construction of drainage in rear of Municipal Garage 217.46 Drainage construction on Hudson, Quirk and Forest Streets and Whites Avenue Extension 3,122.88 Repairs to Middle Street drain 168.03 Repairs to drain corner Laurel and School Streets 73.60 $3,593.97 Grove Street Drain A new 24" drain at a much lower grade is now under construction on Grove Street replacing the present 15" drain, in order to take the drainage from the new Hinde & Dauche factory now being built. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 173 Expenditures Grove Street Drain $2,213.58 Sidewalk Construction Expenditures Building asphalt walk on Fifth Avenue $965.45 Granolithic walks 1,270.82 Grading borders 904.70 Setting curbing 26.40 $3,167.37 Sidewalk Maintenance Expenditures ' Asphalt walks and borders repaired $8,538.80 Building wall corner Eliot and Galen Streets 353.63 Repairs to granolithic walks 2,658.23 Repairs to gravel walks 1,039.00 Rounding corner Gleason and Main Streets 47721 Watertown Square Traffic Island 533.75 $13,600.62 Sewer Construction Expenditures Rosedale Road $1,940.10 Short Extensions Expenditures Quirk Street $369.62 Sewer Maintenance The trunk line sewer in North Beacon Street collapsed last December causing a very serious condition. Several hundred feet of this sewer must be rebuilt immediately, and I recommend that the balance of this work be done by contract as we have not the men or equipment to finish this job. I hope to be able to do much sewer flushing this coming year, as we have neglected this type of maintenance during the war due to the manpower shortage. Twenty five new sewer connections were installed by this department during 1945. Expenditures Cleaning siphons $194.80 House connections . 2,590.79 North Beacon Street Repairs 3,526.60 Sewer repairs 53.40 Stoppages and flushings 7,752.50 $14,118.09 I wish to express my sincere thanks to the Board of Selectmen, officials and members of the other Town Departments and especially the members of the Highway Department for their cooperation in the administration of this department for the year ending 1945. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS V. DWYER, Superintendent of Highways STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 174 REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES I respectfully submit the following report relative to the collection of taxes, assessments, motor vehicle excises, and water charges for the year of 1945. 1945 Real Estate Taxes Commitment•June 25, 1945 $1,655,393.90 Commitment December 12, 1945 273.70 Refunds 3,201.46 $1,658,869.06 Paid to Treasurer $1,588,573.76 Abatements 11,083.45 Credit by Tax Titles 2,872.73 $1,602,529.94 Balance January 1, 1946 $56,339.12 1945 Personal Taxes Commitment, June 25, 1945 $118,067.55 Refunds 45.10 $118,112.65 Paid to Treasurer $115,895.68 Abatements 505.07 $116,400.75 Balance January 1, 1946 1,711.90 1945 Poll Taxes Commitment April 20, 1945 $17,566.00 Commitment April 20, 1945 5,442.00 Commitment April 20, 1945 1,158.00 Commitment May 21, 1945 44.00 Commitment December 31, 1945 158.00 Refunds 10.00 $24,378.00 Paid to Treasurer $16,946.00 Abatements 7,432.00 $24,378.00 Balance January 1, 1946 .00 1945 Motor Vehicle Excises Commitment May 7, 1945 $19,689.27 Commitment August 6; 1945 7,186.45 Commitment November 6, 1945 1,126.01 Refunds 87.99 $28,089.72 Paid to Treasurer $27,422.14 Abatements 521.46 $27,943.60 Balance January 1, 1946 $146.12 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRrE PREVENTION 175 1944 Real Estate Taxes Balance January 1, 1945 $80,370.02 Refunds 5,484.55 $85,854.57 Paid to Treasurer $74,105.03 Abatements 5,667.46 Credit by Tax Titles 6,082.08 $85,854.57 Balance January 1, 1946 .00 1944 Personal Tares Balance January 1, 1945 $1,212.65 $1,212.65 Paid to Treasurer $1,092.57 Abatements 120.08 $1,212.65 Balance January 1, 1946 .00 1944 Motor Vehicle Excises Balance January 1, 1945 $87.44 Commitment January 4, 1945 202.59 Refunds 5.23 $295.26 Paid to Treasurer $253.78 •Abatements 41.48 $295.26 Balance January 1, 1946 .00 Water Charges Commitments $203,976.22 Refunds 333.30 $204,309.52 Paid to Treasurer $192,915.58 Abatements 1,677.91 $194,593.49 Balance January 1, 1946 $9,716.03 TOTAL PAYMENT TO TREASURER BY COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1945 Real Estate Taxes $1,588,573.76 Interest $460.34 1945 Personal Taxes 115,895.68 Interest 25.89 1945 Poll Taxes 16,946.00 Interest 6.43 1945 Motor Vehicle Excises 27,422.14 Interest 10.28 1944 Real Estate Taxes 74,105.03 Interest 1,506.78 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 176 1944 Personal Taxes 1,092.57 Interest 17.63 1944 Motor Vehicle Excises 253.78 Interest .92 $1,824,288.96 - Receipts from Total Interest 2,028.27 Receipts from Costs 841.35 Receipts from Statements of Lien 405.00 Receipts from Unapportioned Sidewalk Assess- ments paid in advance 630.20 Receipts from Unapportioned Sidewalk Assess- ment Interest 3.45 Receipts from Water Charges 192,915.58 Total paid to Treasurer during 1945 $2,021,112.81 JOHN J. KENNEDY, Collector of Taxes. Approved: December 31, 1945 W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Auditor REPORT OF THE SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT January 15, 1946 Honorable Board of Selectmen Adminstration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: I am submitting herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 1945. Veterans' Service Center As the Veterans'.Service Center for the Town of'Watertown, we gave advice, information, and assistance to 4,888 veterans and members of their families covering the period from March 24th to December 31st. Bonus Applications—Commonwealth of Massachusetts $100 to honorably discharged veterans, who served to the quota of Massachusetts. We have filled out applications for veterans, furnished information, when requested, and in many instances, where the veteran was unable to file his bonus application, I personally filed application with Bonus Division. We also helped fill out applications for members of the families of deceased veterans and obtained necessary data for them. Veterans' Administration—Federal Claims—Pensions—Insurance I have, on numerous occasions, appeared at the Veterans' Adminis- tration with Deputy Commissioner, Richard F. Cunningham of the Vet- STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 177 erans' Aid and Pensions Department, on pension applications for vet- erans of World War II with service-connected disabilities and I am pleased to report that due to our efforts, these boys are now receiving their pensions. We have filled out and filed applications for insurance benefits for the beneficiaries of deceased veterans and we have received satisfactory results in these cases. Applications for pension and compen- sation for veterans of World War I, who were eligible for consideration,. were filed through this department. Widows' Pension Bill for World War I Widows Public Law No.483,78 Congress,approved December 15,1944,provided pensions for widows and children (not parents) of veterans of the First World War. Pension applications for World War I widows and orphans on our rolls were filled out and filed with the Veterans' Aid and Pensions Department. We followed-up on these cases and they are all receiving pensions thus lessening the financial expenses to the Town. In most cases, however, we have had to supplement with Soldiers' Re- lief as their pensions were insufficient for their needs. When applicable, we have filed for State Aid, which is reimbursed in full by the Common- wealth to the Town. Vocational Rehabilitation We have filed applications for vocational rehabilitation for disabled veterans of World War II. Provisions of this act is contained in Public Law 16, 78th Congress, approved March 24, 1943. The purpose of the re- habilitation program is to restore employability lost because of a handi- cap, which is due to a disability incurred in or aggravated by active service after December 6, 1941 and prior to termination of the war. (Public Law 346 changes eligibility date back to September 16, 1940). Education Many returning veterans went into the service from high school and are entitled to further study under the GI Bill of Rights. We have guided these boys and when necessary, we have gone into the Veterans' Administration to file applications for them. We have advised veterans coming into the office to take advantage of this educational opportunity. Hospitalization We have been very successful in placing veterans in need of hospi- talization into veterans hospitals. We had one case in particular . . . the veteran became very sick and it was necessary to have him admitted to a hospital as an emergency. I talked to Commandant Lawrence F. Quigley and the veteran was immediately admitted to the John R. Adams Hospital, where he received the proper care and treatment. Employment—Job Finding Assistance In interviewing some of these returning veterans, there appeared to be a desire on their part to be employed by a federal agency. I.personally contacted and met the heads of these various departments and appeared in person to fill out the forms for them. When a veteran was denied STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 178 Civil Service, we appealed to that board and were successful in our appeal. Unemployment Allowance To qualify for unemployment compensation for World War II serv- ice at the rate of $20 per week, a veteran must have served 90 days or if less, he must have been discharged or released by reason of service- incurred disability. Discharge must be under honorable conditions to be eligible. Full information was given to veterans inquiring about this sec- tion of the law and they were advised to file applications at the nearest U. S. Employment office. Loans—Interstate Commerce We guided boys, who were eligible for the loans under the GI Bill of Rights. As an example, two boys obtained a loan to go into the truck- ing business. A transportation and Interstate Commerce license was needed and where only a certain number of these licenses are granted, we went to the State Public Utilities Department and were successful in getting the license for these boys. Photostatic Copies of Discharges We have on file 1,458 records of discharges and 1,242 photostatic copies were issued. Many veterans also received additional copies neces- sary for work and Civil Service. This work, I believe, will continue on the upward trend. Veterans' Home Finding Committee On November 23, 1945, the Veterans' Home Finding Committee was organized to help find homes. which were desperately needed. Cards were printed and distributed through the schools and churches. The returns were few and mostly for one, two, and three rooms, with and without kitchen privileges. The housing shortage is acute in Watertown as elsewhere and the committee is continuing its house finding project. In closing, I wish to thank your Honorable Board, the former and present Commissioners of Veterans' Aid and Pensions, W. Rea Long and Francis X. Cotter; Deputy Commissioners, Richard F. Cunningham and Henry V. O'Day; the Veterans' Aid and Pensions Department; the vari- ous veterans organizations and their auxiliaries, and all those, who coop- erated with the department. Respectfully, MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON, Commissioner. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 179 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN The Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1945 is herewith respectfully submitted to our citizens. The year 1945 will long be remembered in Watertown and in all nations for this year saw the end of World War II, with the surrender of Japan in August. Appropriate "V. J. Day" exercises were held in the Senior High School. The peace yet remains to be signed. We are proud of the substantial record of Watertown, made during the war years in supplying the defense of our country with men, women, and materials. We can now look forward in 1946 with lighter hearts to a more normal way of life. The rehabilitation program for returning veterans has been estab- lished with the volunteer services of doctors, lawyers, bankers and other civilians working under the guidance of our Bureau of Veteran's Affairs, headed by the agent and his staff, who are doing a creditable job in directing and assisting the returning veteran. The increased cost to the Town over 1944 for the three categories of relief, namely Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief is $1,410.99, which shows a steady increase, particularly since "V-E and V-J Days," and a substantial amount must be appropri- ated to carry on the work of this Department. The Building and Engineering Departments should be commended for their fine record, but in these Departments there is necessity for additional personnel to carry on the work in the interest and protection of the people and the Town. During the year our former Dog Officer Mr. Samuel G. Thayer re- tired on account of ill health. Mr. Guy C. Clark was appointed to this office and has performed his duties economically and efficiently. The larger Departments under the Selectmen's supervision, the Police, Fire and Highway have all been handicapped through the war years by lack of equipment and man-power, many of the men in all Departments having entered the Armed Forces. Since the close of the war, most of the regulars have returned safely and at the present time, the Departments are very nearly back to their normal set-up. Through the services of provisional employees and military substitutes, working along with the remaining regulars, and under efficient leadership, an three Departments have functioned expertly and well, all helping with the war effort when called upon and maintaining the home front. The coal emergency, under the expert hand of Fuel Administrator Leo Lan- dry, in the winter of 1944-45, as well as the previous years, demanded help from all three Departments, as well as the Park and Water, and the personnel of all Departments responded in a fine spirit of coop- eration. As given in the various reports, new equipment has been purchased this past year and still more must be purchased in the near future to replace worn and old motorized trucks and cars. The members of the Selective Service Board, Rationing Boards, War Service Boards and Red Cross have endeared themselves to the people of the Town and they should be praised for their patriotism, loyalty and devotion to principals. We give praise to the men and women of industry for the contribution they made in establishing Watertown as one of the leading Towns of the Commonwealth in the production of STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 180 war materials. Above all, we give praise and thanks to the men and women who entered the war services and humbly extend the sympathy of the Town and the Board to the next of kin of those 112 who paid the supreme sacrifice. The Board thanks each and everyone for their patience and coop- eration during these trying years. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD C. WEBSTER LAURENCE J. WALSH JOHN W. O'HEARN REPORT OF BOARD OF APPEALS January 25, 1946 Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown, Massachusetts Gentlemen: In compliance with the By-Laws of the Town of Watertown, we herewith submit to you the annual report of the Board of Appeals, for the year ending December 31; 1945. During the year 1945 the Board received and heard thirty-four appeals and rendered decisions on thirty-one of them as compared with fifteen appeals in 1944, four in 1943, nine in 1942, twenty-six in 1941, and thirteen in 1940. Thus during 1945 the Board has heard more petitions than in any other year during the life of the Board since 1937. This reflects the after-war business awakening and the alertness of our effi- cient Building Inspector in enforcing the requirements of our Zoning Laws. During the year some very serious questions arose before this Board which required very careful consideration and discretion inasmuch as a wrong decision may have a great bearing on the future welfare and esthetics of the Town. As usual the attendance of the Board members and the Alternate members as well as of the Building Inspector during 1945 was perfect. The appropriation for 1945 was the usual three hundred dollars which was expended as follows: Advertising $105.50 Printing 16.00 Clerical 150.00 Total $271.50 leaving an unexpended balance of $28.50. The fees collected from the applicants during 1945 were two hun- dred dollars which is the highest total fees collected in any year since the Board was established. Respectfully submitted, SEBASTIAN TANGUSSO, Chairman EDWARD A. OATES, Secretary RONALD M. STONE THOMAS F. GALLIGAN Alternate JOHN B. REGAN Members STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 181 REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN January 31, 1946 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Watertown, Massachusetts Dear Gentlemen: This is my medical report of the town cases I have seen between January 1, 1945—December 31, 1945. The cases include: 15 Welfare Cases 25 office visits, 27 house calls 12 Mothers' Aid Cases 14 office visits 13 house calls 8 A.D.C. Cases 11 office visits, 5 house calls 93 Police Emergency calls 93 house and station calls 6 Old Age Cases 18 office visits, 4 house calls This is a total of 134 cases with 68 office visits and 142 house calls These 210 visits and calls include treatment, first aid, examination, hospitalization, vaccination and minor operation. In 1945, as town physician, I have found the rate of sickness below the expected proportion, especially in comparison with the year before. Once again, I wish to extend my thanks to every department I have come in contact with, for having been most courteous, coopera- tive and helpful. Very truly yours, Y. T. TOUZJIAN, M.D. Town Physician. REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN January 31, 1946 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Watertown, Mass. Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my report as town physician from April 1945 to January 1, 1946. During this period I made 115 examinations, consultations and visits to homes this including Outside Aid, Aid to Dependent Children and Old Age Assistance. Approximately 25 visits and treatments were rendered to the various town employees for injuries received in the course of their employment. Most valuable assistance has been given me by the Police Depart- ment in the transportation of patients to the various hospitals by am- bulance and cruising cars. In conclusion, I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen and also the various department heads for their cooperation. Respectfully, P. CANZANELLI, M. D., Town Physician. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 182 REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN February 6, 1946 To the Honourable Board of Selectmen Watertown, Mass. Gentlemen: Report as town physician for 1945. The following consultations were made: Welfare 42 Old age assistance 162 Aid to dependent children 73 Employees of town 65 I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen and the various other departments for their cooperation throughout the year, 1945. Respectfully submitted, EUGENE F. GORMAN, M. D., Town`Physician REPORT OF TOWN PHYSICIAN January 15, 1946 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Gentlemen: I respectfully submit my report for the year 1945: Two hundred and thirty ,seven visits were made for the various Departments of the Town, including one hundred and two for Old Age Assistance patients and seventy one for the A. D. C. and General Relief divisions. In performing these duties, I have received the utmost cooperation of all Town Departments and Officials, and I wish to thank them for their assistance. Respectfully submitted, LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M. D., Town Physician STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 183 REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD To the Citizens of Watertown: The Planning Board respectfully submits its report for the year 1945. The year 1945 was one of accomplishment for the Watertown Planning Board. The board was privileged to be selected by the town meeting to work in conjunction with the board of appeals and the building inspector relative to revising and improving the buliding laws of the town. After a careful study by the committee, it was decided that among other changes, a new zone should be created in the town's Zoning By-laws in order to eliminate the extremely sharp dividing line, between residence and business districts. This in turn required an ex- haustive study of the zoning situation throughout the town. It also was discovered that changes should be made to make the building laws less cumbersome in their administration. The committee has not as yet completed its work, but is prepared to make recommendations to the next town meeting. At the last town meeting the board recommended changes in the zoning laws relative 'to property on Westminster Avenue and Bradshaw Street which were accepted by the town. The planning board heard a petition to change the zoning of property on Aldrich Road, formerly owned by the town to Zone 3, apartment house district. The board cannot too strongly emphasize the growing need for apartment houses in Watertown, when they can be constructed in suitable locations, and we feel that the above mentioned change will in a small way solve the acute housing situation which confronts this town at the present time. Although new business is desired in Watertown, the citizens of Watertown are of the opinion that such businesses should be centrally located and kept within bounds. This fact was manifested by petitions brought before the board on the following described property: part of Nichols Avenue and Melendy Avenue from Zone 5, light industrial to Zone 2 General residence district, and property in the center of the town, adjacent to Common Street, from Zone 2 general residence district to Zone 1, single residence district. At this time the planning board wishes to express its sincere appreciation to George Wellman, Town Clerk, Elias Perkins, Building Inspector, Otis D. Allen, Town Engineer and staff for their fine coopera- tion during the past year. Respectfully submitted, WATERTOWN PLANNING BOARD CHARLES P. EATON, Chairman JOSEPH S. BLANCHARD, Secretary HARRY C. CRAWFORD, JR. ERLE L. CHASE CHARLES F. GATELY STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 184 REPORT OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION Tothe Honorable Board of Selectmen Gentlemen: I herewith submit the report of the Workmen's Compensation Department for the year 1945. The total number of accidents reported to me by the various depart- ments was 72 which is an increase of 12 or 20% over the previous year. Fifteen men were obliged to leave work and only ten were paid compen- sation but nine of these cases incurred medical expenses of $1,314.23. Forty-two cases received medical treatment only and these bills amounted to $742.85. One old case, which has been on the books for a great many years, was finally disposed of by a lump-sum settlement through a hearing before the Industrial Accident Board. Approval didn't come through on this case until after January 1946. Below you will find a table of the nature of the accidents reported. As usual the largest percentage of the accidents was to the hands and feet and were of a minor nature. There were 14 cases of back and side sprain which are always troublesome cases. Arms and wrists 9 Hands and fingers 19 Feet and legs 23 Back and side sprain 14 Eyes 3 Miscellaneous 4 72 f wish to thank all the Town Departments for their cooperation during the year, particularly the Town Counsel and the several Town Physicians. Respectfully submitted, W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Acting Agent REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION To the Citizens of Watertown: The Park Commission respectfully submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1945. The usual care and attention has been given to the Parks, Deltas and Play Areas within its jurisdiction. The Combination Courts, built for the purpose of Tennis and Skat- ing Rinks in the Winter, were well patronized. Ice Hockey has become so popular and so Inany requests recently for the same, that we feel a special Rink should be built for Hockey STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 185 only. Such a Rink would solve the problem of safety of the smaller children and proper regulation of the same. We therefore are including an item in our Budget to cover the cost of a Rink. This year was one of the greatest years on the Playgrounds and we wish to thank all for the splendid work and co-operation that was given to make it such a success. Respectfully submitted, WAYNE E. EATON, Chairman HAROLD A. GODWIN, Clerk JOSEPH F. HANLEY OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN January 14, 1946 Honorable Board of Selectmen Administration Building Watertown 72, Mass. Gentlemen: Pursuant to Chapter 3, Section 2, of the Town By-laws, kindly accept herewith my annual report for the year ending December 31, 1945. Old Age Assistance The year 1945 proved an extremely active one in this particular category. You may note on the statistical sheet herewith attached that the total regular grant to the client, and our per capita costs were greater in 1945 than the previous year. This situation is a result of the fact that 1945 was the first year to receive the full brunt of the legis- lation which became effective on September 8, 1943, also hospitalization and medicine have experienced an increase. These particular increases may be a result of the shortage of physicians, or then again perhaps only a natural trend towards senescence as longevity increases, or both. The total expenditure for assistance to the clientele was $187,879, which includes an amount of $6,049.22 paid to other Towns and Cities for aid rendered that clientele residing outside of Watertown. Our expenditure in this category was $8,220.42 or .045 more than in 1944 even though our case load remained somewhat static during the year. The grant received from the Federal Government for Old Age Assistance in 1945 was $70,518.20, and the reimbursement from the Commonwealth was $80,524.30, leaving a balance of $36,486.50 for the Town to assume as their share. Aid To Dependent Children This category has enjoyed a healthy year from a Public Assistance standpoint. A case load decrease of .082 was experienced, while the costs per case were also reduced by an average of $1.10 per case, per- mitting a saving of $11,931.32 over 1944. The expenditure in this category for the year was $65,519.17. The Town has received a grant from the Federal Government in the amount of $13,445.37, and a reimbursement from the Commonwealth of $21,749.88. The Town's expenditure for 1945 has been $30,323.92. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTI,ON 186 General Relief Our expenditure for General Relief was $36,696.32, our expenditure to other Cities and Towns for aid rendered to cases settled in Watertown but residing elsewhere was $723.80 or a total of $37,420.12. It appears from our statistics on hand that Watertown will be reimbursed to the extent of $10,484.95 from the Commonwealth for those cases which we are aiding that have no settlement in the Commonwealth and $5,055.90 reimbursement on those cases settled in other Cities and Towns in the Commonwealth but residing in Watertown, reimbursement from the clientele or their relatives in the amount of $1,449.18 has been received throughout the course of the year. These monies deducted from our total expenditure of $37,420.12 shows a balance of $20,430.09 which represents the exact cost to the Town for the administration of General Relief. Summary The year 1945 in its culmination insofar as Public Assistance, and Social Services are concerned have brought to the forefront many complex problems that at this time cannot be analyzed from a stand- point of govdrnment, industry, or any other previous statistics regulating our social structure. The sudden termination of the war which caused the nation's unemployment peak to increase from 830,000 to 2,500,000, is a preview of what we might entertain before the year 1946 comes to a conclusion. The controversies and opinions of the foremost economic, business, industrial, political, and sociological minds of the country have failed thus far to render a concrete opinion as to what may be antici- pated by way of full employment. Our statistics, which formerly could be used as a fair barometer, have been thrown out of balance by the recent expansion of our laws regulating Public Assistance, and Social Security Programs. The year 1945 introduced twelve new bills regulating the administration of Public Assistance in this Commonwealth, which required a tremendous amount of interpretation of the law itself, and rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating thereto. Although all of these new laws required considerable work and study on the part of the director and personnel, only one of them will change the economic status of the Department, and it may prove to be an extensive one. I refer to Chapter 683, effective January 1, 1946, which provides that children's support in Old Age Assistance has been greatly reduced, as shown in the following table: Liable Children and Exempt Income Liable Children Present Law New Law (Based on net Income; i.e., after deducting state and (Based on Gross Income) federal Income taxes.) Single child in the home $14.00 week gross $1500 year net Single child living apart $1150 year gross $1750 year net Married child, spouse self-supporting, no dependents $1150 year gross $2750 year net Married child, spouse dependent $1725 year gross $2750 year net Married child, each ad- ditional dependent $575 $500 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 0 187 Rate of Contribution Above Exempt Amount Liable Children Present Law New Law Single child in the home 50% over $14.00 week 1/3 of amount above exemption All other liable children 15% at first $500 and 1/3 of amount above 35% of remainder exemption above exempt amount. The effect that this law will have on our community will, of course, be a result of the Department's ability to maintain within reason its present case load, which at this writing ranges from 20 to 30% lower than any other town or city comparable to its size in the Commonwealth. This will depend extensively on the adequacy of the administration and personnel of the Department. It has been estimated that the cost of dispersing Old Age Assistance for 1946 will increase 40%. However, I am in disagreement with this estimate, and feel that it will not exceed last year's expenditure by more than 25%, and hereby respectfully request that $146,763 be appropriated for Old Age Assistance for the ensuing year. Aid to Dependent Children, I believe will remain somewhat static in 1946, although it has been determined that the fluctuation of this category depends a great deal on economic conditions. Unemployment has a great effect on it, as it has been proven, that the lack of sufficient income, is the prime cause of the disintegration of the home, causing divorce, separation, desertion, crime, total and partial mental and physical incapacitation and even death, resulting from the ravages of diseases, the defeat of which require adequate budgetary standards. In view of the apparent economic instability of the ensuing year, I respectfully recommend that the appropriation of last year, which was $56,500, be duplicated for 1946. General Relief presents a very interesting picture, in that Working- men's Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, and National Health Insurance (if it successfully passes Congress) will play a very important part in alleviating local General Relief costs. You are undoubtedly aware that our present laws regulating Work- ingmen's Compensation have been amended as of last October to coincide to a degree with our Social Security Laws governing Survivors Insurance, whereby a specific allotment is granted to the 'injured wage earner and each one of his legal dependents, provided that the total grant will not exceed his regular weekly salary. A new bill has been introduced which would amend our Unemploy- ment Insurance Laws, whereby the same consideration will be given to each legal dependent of the unemployed wage earner. If these bills from a Federal and State standpoint become effective. they will naturally eliminate a number of-supplementary aid cases and reduce our payments in other cases. We must keep in mind however that the persons now receiving Unemployment Compensation as a result of being laid off after V-J Day will have received their last payment on or about the first of March. What part of this group will be dependent on Public Assistant is ques- tionable, although, they must all be considered potential Public Assistance recipients for full or supplementary assistance. If we were to compute our appropriation for 1946 for General Relief by any of our previous records, I think the most favorable would be the STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 188 year 1941 when $116,321.52 was spent to service a case load ranging from 291 in January of that year to 226 in the latter part of the year, with an unemployment peak of 5,950,000. I believe that we may expect that 45% of the total number of unemployed persons will become prospective Public Welfare recipients. If this assumption is correct, an appropria- tion of approximately $55,000 would be necessary for this category, and I respectfully request $45,000 be appropriated for General Relief and the reserve fund of the Town be increased by $10,000 in the event that it is needed it will be available. Respectfully yours, JOSEPH F. MURRAY, Executive Director. REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK'S DEPARTMENT To the Citizens of Watertown: The following annual report is submitted by Town Clerk George B. Wellman. The department collected Town Clerk's fees amounting to $5,200.63. Of this amount $1,899.75 was Conservation fees, and $2,873.00 was dog license fees. There was a decline in the amount collected for dog license fees because of the fact that a war measure provided for the issuance of free licenses to dog owners who were in the service of their country. There were 90 such licenses issued. Selectmen's Fees As collector of fees for the Selectmen, the Town Clerk collected the sum of $34,061.25, which was for the various licenses issued by the Board of Selectmen in their capacity as licensing board. This was an increase over last year of $1,939.25. Vital Statistics A decline in the total number of births took place in 1945 over the preceding year. However, in the matter of births, the Town Clerk has not at time of publication of this report received births for October,November and December from neighboring cities. When late returns are received from adjacent cities, the total number of births to Watertown parents, will be considerably increased. During the year the Birth Record Book covering the years 1911-1915 has been completely transcribed, and is now being proofread, before being bound as a permanent volume. Also during the past year work has been started on establishing a complete Marriage Index, from the year 1844 to date, arranging the same in alphabetical order for this period. The grand total for marriages taking place in Watertown and also of Watertown persons who were married out of the community jumped to 440, which was an increase of 49 over the previous year. The total number of deaths on file at the time of writing this report is 352. How- ever, this number will be increased when final returns are received from neighboring communities. Honor Roll for World War II The work in regard to compiling the Honor Roll record of persons serving in World War II was continued by the Clerk. At the completion STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 189 of 1945 a total of 4434 names had been recorded, and a Gold Star record of 113 names of boys who had paid the supreme sacrifice had been compiled. Fees Collected in the Office of the Town Clerk for the Year 1945 Gas renewals $104.00 Pole locations 15.00 Marriage permits 800.00 Chattels recorded 551.18 Chattel discharges recorded 101.00 Chattel notations 25.00 Birth certificates 104.00 Death certificates 84.00 Citizenship certificates 21.00 Business certificates 36.50 Marriage certificates 36.25 Dog tags 3.50 Miscellaneous certificates 24.00 Appeal Board applications 200.00 Maps 6.40 Conservation fees 215.25 Dog licenses 2,873.00 Postage .55 $5,200.63 Conservation Fees Fishing licenses 384 @ $2.00 $768.00 Hunting licenses 234 468.00 Sporting licenses 171 @ 3.25 555.75 Minor fishing license 68 @ 1.25 85.00 Trapping licenses 4 @ 5.25 21.00 Duplicate licenses 4 @ .50 2.00 Free-Aged licenses 5 Free-Out of State Service men 23 Free-Mass. Service men 64 $1,899.75 There were 865 licenses for which fees were collected; and there were 92 licenses issued for Service men and old age licenses. Fees totaling $215.25 were turned into the Town Treasury and the balance- $1,684.50 was mailed to the Department of Conservation, Boston, Mass. Dog Licenses Kennel license $25.00 Male dogs 1,542.00 Female dogs 510.00 Spayed female dogs 796.00 90 Military licenses issued $2,873.00 I have examined the accounts of the Town Clerk's Department and have found them to be correct. W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Town Auditor STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 190 Report of Fees for Licenses and Permits Issued by Selectmen and Collected in Office of Town Cleric for Year 1945 Parking lots licensed $90.00 Transient vendor 10.50 Yearly theatre permit 50.00 Employment agencies permits 8.00 Lodging house permits 46.00 Pedlers' certificates 14.00 Gasolene registration 16.00 Liquor advertisements 76.25 Pin ball machine permits 510.00 Music box permits 380.00 Coffee house permits 30.00 Board of survey permits 20.00 Weekly theatre permits 104.00 Victualler's permits 325.00 Liquor licenses 31,400.00 Junk licenses 45.00 Gasolene advertisements 21.00 Auto dealers permits 350.00 Second hand dealers permits 26.00 Pool and bowling licenses 285.00 Auctioneers' permits 18.00 Miscellaneous permits 14.50 One day beer permits 37.00 Sunday sales licenses 185.00 $34,061.25 The sum of $34,061.25 has been turned into the Town Treasury and receipts for the same are on file in this office. GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Town Clerk I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen's fees collected and find them to be correct. W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Town Auditor Births in Watertown for Year 1945 In Town Out of Town Total January — 50 50 February 1 43 44 March — 63 63 April — 56 56 May — 44 44 June — 50 50 July 1 56 57 August — 54 54 September 1 40 41 October — 36 36 November — 22 22 December 3 15 18 TOTALS 6 529 535 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 191 :Marriages Recorded by Months Out of Town In Town Total January 17 12 29 February 13 10 23 March 16 15 31 April 14 23 37 May 14 14 28 June 24 26 50 July 29 13 42 August 19 13 32 September 25 25 50 October 30 16 46 November 36 12 48 December 12 12 24 TOTALS 249 191 440 Deaths by Months Residents Residents Non-Residents Died In Died Outside Died In Watertown Watertown Watertown Total January 16 16 3 35 February 18 15 2 35 March 20 12 1 32 April 15 10 2 27 May 15 13 1 28 June 14 11 1 26 July 8 18 1 27 August 14 11 1 26 September 9 19 — 28 October 12 11 2 25 November 13 19 — 32 December 9 19 3 31 TOTALS 163 174 15 352 ORGANIZATION Or THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT 1945 Board of Health LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M. D., Chairman JOSEPH M. HUGHES, Secretary EUGENE F. GORMAN, M. D. Health officer JOHN A. COLBERT STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 192 Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation EDWARD L. MAURER Superintendent of Cemeteries VAN D. HORTON Physicians under the Health Department , ARTHUR E. BURKE, M.D., Milk Inspector JOHN J. SLATTERY, M. D. Principal Clerk ALICE H. FARNHAM School Dentists MAX ZELERMYER, D. M. D. JOHN B. BROWN, D. M. D. Public Health Nurses IRENE K. DRUMMEY, R. N. RITA L. VAHEY, R. N. Dental Hygienist GRACE HEINECKE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH To the Citizens of Watertown: The Board of Health submits the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1945. The Board organized as follows: Louis Mastrangelo, M. D., Chairman Joseph M. Hughes, Secretary Eugene F. Gorman, M. D. The year was an average year in total reported contagious diseases, with a very high rate of reported Tuberculosis. Twenty Six new cases were reported during the year against an incidence of only. eight cases in 1944 and 14 cases in 1943. There has been considerable delay in the hospitalization of con- tagious cases, especially tuberculosis due to the shortage of both Doctors and Nurses, but it appears as though this matter was adjusting itself and we will soon return to normal. There was a large increase in mumps from 38 in 1944 to 224 in 1945 and an unusual number of adults STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 193 were reported. Scarlet Fever dropped from 189 in 1944 to 87 cases in 1945 and this decrease is reflected in lower costs to the Department. The Board of Health, acting as Cemetery Trustees, requested the Town Meeting in 1944 to authorize the acquisition of additional land adjoining Ridgelawn Cemetery, for Cemetery purposes. The subject was referred to a Committee who studied the matter very carefully and reported to the annual Meeting in 1945. The Meeting authorized its purchase, and the Board is pleased to report that the title to approxi- mately six acres has been acquired by the Town for future use. The Board is recommending the construction of a utility building in Ridgelawn Cemetery to house tools and equipment, the cost to be paid from funds now available in the Sale of Lots Fund. The Board wishes to gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the Doctors of Watertown, the Watertown District Nursing association, the School Doctors and Nurses, and the Officials of the Town, County and Commonwealth. We are pleased to report a return to the Treasurer of $5,452.85. Respectfully submitted, LOUIS MASTRANGELO, M. D., Chairman JOSEPH M. HUGHES, Secretary EUGENE F. GORMAN, M. D. REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER To the Board of Health of Watertown: Gentlemen: I herewith submit the following report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1945: Financial Report Appropriations: General Administration $12,580.00 Contagious Diseases 20,000.00 Dental Clinic 3,550.00 Well Baby Clinic 425.00 Mosquito Control 2,000.00 $38,555.00 Expenditures: General Administration $12,542.38 Contagious Diseases 14,963.27 Dental Clinic 3,473.20 Well Baby Clinic 123.30 Mosquito Control 2,000.00 $33,102.15 Returned to Treasurer 5,452.85 $38,555.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 194 Reimbursements during 1945, exclusive of Plumbing and Cemetery Licenses $317.50 Dental Clinic- 132.05 Reimbursements 5,316.50 $5,766.05 Net Cost to Town $27,336.10 Net Cost per Capita $ .73 Summary of Vital Statistics Population (Census of 1945) 37,438 Reported Births 535 Reported Births per 1,000 pop. 14.29 Corrected Death Rate Note: The corrected death rate is found by eliminating the deaths of all non-residents dying in Watertown, and adding the deaths of Watertown residents occurring elsewhere, as shown by the records of the Town Clerk. Deaths of residents occurring in Watertown 163 Deaths of residents occurring out of Watertown 174 Total deaths of residents (Still Births not included) 337 Deaths of non-residents in Watertown 15 Death rate per 1,000 of population 8.993 Tuberculosis Deaths per 100,000 of pop. 29.45 Mortality Rate Age Groups Male Female Total Under 1 year 7 6 13 From 1 to 5 years 1 3 4 From 5 to 20 years — 1 1 From 20 to 30 years 6 3 9 From 30 to 40 years 7 2 9 From 40 to 50 years 17 11 28 From 50 to 60 years 29 17 46 From 60 to 70 years 47 38 85 From 70 to 80 years 45 45 90 From 80 to 90 years 21 20 41 From 90 to 100 years 4 7 11 Over 100 0 0 184 153 337 Stillbirths 8 2 10 Communicable Disease 1946 was an average year in total reported cases, with a decrease being shown in Scarlet Fever, but with a strong upswing in Mumps and Tuberculosis. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 195 Contagious Diseases for the Year 1945 Jan.Feb. 31ar.Apr.May June July Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Tot. Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 1 1 3 Chicken Pox 26 25 15 17 28 8 5 10 11 145 Meningitis— Other Forms 1 2 3 German Measles 1 3 1 2 1 8 Infections of the Eye Supperative Con- junctivitis 1 1 2 Lobar Pneumonia 4 2 1 1 1 9 Measles 1 5 1 2 6 12 2 3 32 Mumps 28 79 37 19 12 28 4 1 1 3 8 4 224 Scarlet Fever 13 14 11 10 13 10 2 1 1 4 5 3 87 Septic Sore Throat 1 1 Tuberculosis Pulmonary 3 2 5 1 1 5 3 4 1 25 Other Forms 1 1 Whooping Cough 5 5 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 30 Dog Bite 10 7 9 13 14 15 18 10 16 14 3 6 135 Cat Bite 2 1 3 708 The Department Clinics have operated as usual, and we have enjoyed very' successful Diphtheria Immunization and Anti-Rabic Clinics. The Dental Clinic has performed excellent work in the Schools of the Town. The campaign against Tuberculosis has continued on a high level with the excellent co-operation of the j �]� � rounty Sanatorium. Food handlers and processors /a various food dispensing and food sales establishments have co-operated with this Department when- ever improvements were suggested. Complaints, have been very numerous during the year, especially between landlords and tenants under the stringent restrictions that were imposed during the war period and which are still in effect. It has appeared as though every possible avenue under the law has been utilized by landlords in trying to get rid of tenants and tenants being unable to find other quarters have used every means to thwart eviction proceedings. Many of these cases have been into our Department with the request that we declare properties to be nuisances because of ampli- fied minor grievances by both landlord and tenant against each other. I wish to thank the Members of the Board for their valuable assistance and direction during the year, and to also thank the members of the Staff of the Department, and to all Town, County and State Officials who have cooperated with us during the year I express my deep appreciation. Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. COLBERT, Health Officer STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 196 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING AND SANITATION To the Board of Health: Gentlemen: I herewith submit my annual report as Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation for the year 1945: Total amount of fees received for permits $356.00 Total number of permits issued 203 Number of No-charge permits 50 Number of $2.00 permits 128 Number of $4.00 permits 25 203 Total number of fixtures installed 744 Total number of rough inspections 157 Total number of final inspections 186 Total number of permits isssued and work not completed 17 The climax of World War II brought about a sharp increase in ap- plications for permits to do plumbing. Our records show that almost double the number of plumbing permits were granted this year over the year 1944. Owing to the severe shortage of plumbing supplies, however, it is to be expected that work will slacken somewhat. A recent nation- wide survey shows that the plumbing industry will not reach normal un- til 1951. Keeping this knowledge in mind, this department seriously rec- ommends to any property owner contemplating remodeling or making changes in his plumbing, that, if it is at all possible, to postpone doing such work until things return somewhat to normal. The substitute fix- tures and materials brought about by the war, have not proved very satisfactory and, in most cases where such materials were used, will prove only to act as a "tide-over." This year, 633 recorded calls were made, of which 157 were official rough inspections and water tests, and 186 were official final inspections. The remaining 290 calls were preliminary inspections, layout work, cor- rections, sanitary inspections and investigations of plumbing and sani- tary complaints. Besides the time spent in the execution of the above report and all necessary keeping of records connected therewith, many hours are taken up in consultation with plumbers, property owners and tenants, in the laying out and correction of work, both in this office and on the jobs. Sanitary inspections of all taverns, restaurants and other eating places, and places where food is kept for sale and distribution, have been made, along with investigations of general complaints and nui- sances, under the direction of the Health Officer, with excellent results. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD L. MAURER, Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 197 MILK.INSPECTION To the Board of Health: Gentlemen: As Inspector of Milk I have made regular inspections of all prehiises where milk or cream is processed and stored for distribution and have made regular chemical and bacteriological examinations, and respectfully report that our milk supply has been of a very high quality.. ,W k handlers have been most cooperative in maintaining a very :k&. standard. Respectfully submitted, ; ARTHUR E. BURKE, M. D.-, Milk Inspector_- REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OY CEMETERIES To the Board of Health: Gentlemen: The report of the Superintendent of.Cemeteries for the year ended December 31, 1945 is herewith submitted: Total Appropriations $14,700.00 Total Expenditures 13,713.83 Balance $986.17 Amounts paid to Town Treasurer for sale of lots, single graves and general labor, including interest on Perpetual Care Fund $10,066.07 Interments in Ridgelawn Cemetery 97 Interments in Common Street Cemetery 9 Lots Sold: Infants' Graves 5 Child Graves 1 " Adult Single Graves 23 Two-grave Lots 26 Three-grave Lots 11. Five-grave Lots 9 One Infant's and 2 Adult graves used for Welfare interments are not included in the above. Foundations Placed for Stones 67 Respectfully submitted. VAN D. HORTON, Superintendent STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 198 REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL Honorable Board of Selectmen January 3, 1946 Administration Building Watertown 72, Massachusetts Gentlemen: In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3, Section 2 of the By- Laws of the Inhabitants of Watertown, I submit my report as Town Counsel for the period beginning March 16, 1945 and ending December 31, 1945. I was appointed Town Counsel on March 16, 1945 and my prede- cessor in office, John J. Curran, Esq., turned over to me a total of eighty- four (84) open files, which consisted of claims against the Town, suits pending in Court, appeals pending before the Appellate Tax Board, and various miscellaneous matters. I received thirty-eight (38) new cases during the period covered by this report, and at the present time there are thirty-five (35) open files in the Town Counsel Department. I will refer to those files in this report and set out those which are in suit and those which are claims, designating them under their proper heading. Since assuming the office of Town Counsel I have disposed of eighty- seven (87) different matters which were either pending or arose during that period. Some claims were settled, some cases were litigated, and others were dropped because it was found upon investigation that there was no liability on the part of the Town and because the Statute of Lim- itations had barred some of the claims. With respect to those cases that were settled, the Board of Selectmen was consulted prior to a settlement being effected and their approval obtained concerning the amount to be paid. In cases where the Town was the claimant, a conference was held with the Department concerned with respect to the case before it was settled, tried or otherwise disposed of. The list of files referred to does not include a large number of miscellaneous matters that were pending, some of which are still open and are receiving my attention. Cases Pending in Court Tort 1. Lawrence C. Shapiro vs Irving Parker—Suffolk Superior Court 2. Laura Williams vs Victor Anderson—Suffolk Superior Court 3. Lucy E. Barrett vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court 4. Mary NefHnger vs Town of Watertown—Middlesex Superior Court (Appeal pending in Supreme Judicial Court) 5. Cecil L. Murray vs John Callahan—Suffolk Superior Court Contract 1. Town of Watertown vs Richard Kaloustia_n—Second District Court of Eastern Middlesex 2. Town of Watertown vs Joseph Boudreau—District Court of Somer- ville 3. City of Boston vs Town of Watertown (2 cases)—Suffolk Superior Court 4. City of Springfield vs Town of Watertown—Hampden Superior Court STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 199 Equity Cases 1. Elias A. Perkins et al vs Joseph Busconi—Middlesex Superior Court 2. Ernest K. Ingalls et al vs Edward C. Webster et al—Middlesex Su- perior Court Appellate Tax Cases 1. Sousie Boyajian 2. Metropolitan Ice Company (2 cases) 3. Futurity Thread Co. (2 cases) 4. John W. Scott 5. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. 6. Peter Turchon Trustee (3 cases) 7. Regent Realty Corporation (4 cases) 8. Harry Shaffman The cases of Metropolitan Ice Company and Futurity Thread Co. have been tried before the Appellate Tax Board and as of this date no decision has been rendered. Land Damage Cases 1. Armenian Relief Corporation, Inc. vs Town of Watertown—Middle- sex Superior Court Claims Against the Town of Watertown 1. Julia Curran vs Town of Watertown 2. Joseph Arnao vs Town of Watertown 3. Charles Glass vs Town of Watertown 4. Sarkis Nahigian vs Town of Watertown 5. Michael J. Farraher vs Town of Watertown 6. Lena A. Dooley vs Town of Watertown Claims in Favor of the Town of Watertown 1. Town of Watertown vs Estate of Michael Mullahy 2. Town of Watertown vs City of Waltham 3. Town of Watertown vs Anthony Russo Several of the claims and suits in the lists above are for personal injuries resulting from alleged defects in the highways and some are for injury and damage occasioned by the use of Town vehicles. All of these cases have been fully investigated, and from the facts in some of them it is apparent that responsibility rests on the Town and an attempt will be made to arrive at a favorable settlement. Others of the group represent cases in which there is no responsibility on the parts of the Town, and when reached for trial they should be adjudicated in favor of the Town. All of the cases are well investigated and are ready for trial, and are prepared in such a manner that the Town's interests are properly pro- tected. Tax Titles A great amount of time is required with respect to the foreclosure of Tax Titles and such matters are handled with the Town Treasurer. .Several Tax Titles have been foreclosed during the past year and title STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 200 to the property taken in the name of the Town, and some of the parcels were sold at public auction. There are still some petitions pending in the Land Court, which are in the process of final adjudication or settlement, and with the disposition of those cases the Town will be in a position to sell the property or receive the outstanding taxes due on said property from the present owners. Purchase of Property During the past year the Town purchased two parcels of property which the Town Meeting had previously voted to purchase. The Mc- Namara property, located on Grove Street, was purchased for use by the Highway for dumping facilities at a price of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). A parcel of land was purchased in connection with enlarg- ing the Ridgelawn Cemetery for the price of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). In connection with these purchases I had a complete exam- ination made and ascertained that the Title was clear before the Town accepted a deed from the seller. Billboard Cases During the year it was called to the attention of the Board of Select- men that several signs and billboards were being maintained in alleged violation of the By-Laws. The Selectmen voted, with my approval, to retain Earle S. Tyler, Esq. as special counsel to handle this matter. He has made a thorough investigation of the alleged violations and has in- stituted proceedings in Court to bring about a compliance with the pro- visions of the Town's By-Laws respecting the use of billboards. Tax Abatements There were several petitions for tax abatements filed in the Appel- late Tax Board during the year 1945. Some of these petitions were set- tled by the Board of Assessors before trial, and others were tried to a conclusion. In handling these cases I always arranged to have the Assessors present and no case was disposed of, except after a conference with the Board of Assessors in which it was decided advisable for the best interests of the Town to make a compromise rather than go forward with a trial. The Assessors have been most cooperative and I appreciate their attitude and the help they have given me in the handling of this important work. General Legal Matters In addition to handling the legal work enumerated above there have been various other legal matters that have occupied my attention. I have attended meetings with the Board of Selectmen and advised them in connection with legal propositions arising out of the conduct of the Town business. I rendered several legal opinions to the various Depart- ments of the Town when requested to do so. I have drawn bonds and mortgages for the Department of Old Age Assistance, consulted with the Department of Civil Service relative to the status of certain employees, and assisted the Engineering Department in making plans and prepara- tions for land takings. In connection with the conduct of the Town Meetings, I assisted in STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 201 preparing the articles for the warrant, passed upon the legal effect of these articles, and consulted with the Town Clerk concerning them. I have drawn all contracts entered into between the Town and individuals and/or corporations and attended to the proper execution of such con- tracts and ascertained that the original contracts, when executed, were filed with the Town Auditor as required by the By-Laws. I also handled all trials and court matters in which the Town was an interested party. I have received excellent cooperation from all Town Officers and Town Employees and the services of the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, and Town Auditor have been most helpful to me in the handling of the Town's legal affairs. The Board of Selectmen has been very generous in cooperating with me and I have enjoyed working with them during my term of office, and I appreciate the confidence they have shown in me in handling the Town's legal matters. I also thank my predecessor, Mr. Curran, for the cooperation he extended to me in the handling of cases which were pending when I assumed this office. Respectfully submitted, WILFRED J. PAQUET, Town Counsel. APPRAISER'S VALUATION Highway Department Valuations—January 1, 1946 Municipal Garage 13?i acres of land $18,000.00 Building 150,000.00 Equipment, tools, etc. 105,000.00 $273,000.00 Bemis Dump 21u, acres of land $21,200.00 Buildings 3,000.00 Stock 1,000.00 25,200.00 East End Dump 271{ acres of land $50,000.00 50,000.00 Total $348,200.00 Moth Department 1 Spraying Machine $1,200.00 Tools 100.00 $1,300.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 202 Infirmary and Equipment Almshouse Building $34,229.00 Contents 2,505.50 Five Acres of Land 10.000.00 $46,734.50 Administration Building & Annex (Grant School) Administration Building $243,899.00 Contents 51,712.20 $295,611.20 Land $34,785.00 Administration Buildin, (Grant School) $30,209.00 Contents 4,816.00 $35,025.00 Poles and Wires Department Automobiles and Equipment $125,000.00 $125,000.00 Park Department 40 Acres of Parks, Playgrounds, Deltas and stationary equipment $254.950.00 Working Equipment, Tools, Etc., including truck 2.000.00 $256,950.00 Water Department Dwelling House and Barn $12,753.00 Contents 15,964.25 803,378 square feet of land 40,000.00 10,000 square feet of land 1,500.00 Water Mains 679,000.00 Pipe and Fittings at Pleasant St. 7,000.00 $756,217.25 Public Library 50,240 square feet of land $25,120.00 Building 113,076.00 Contents, Books, Furniture, Fittings, etc. 82,563.04 12,230 square feet of land, East End 3,100.00 East End Public Library 33,581.00 Contents 18,425.35 North Branch Library Building 20,000.00 North Branch, 14,908 square feet of land 1,500.00 Contents, Books, Furniture, Fittings, etc. 8,200.00 West Branch Library—contents 3,300.00 $308,865.39 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 203 Health Department Automobiles (2) $600.00 $600.00 1946 Estimated Value Public School Property Sites $202,025.00 Buildings 2,142,514.00 Equipment (furniture, apparatus, libraries, etc.) 310,731.96 Total $2,655,270.96 Central Fire Station 13,000 square feet of land $26,000.00 Building 50,719.00 Contents, including Apparatus 59,187.90 $135,906.90 New Police Station Building $75,000.00 Land 7,000.00 Furniture and Equipment 25,513.67 $107,513.67 East End Fire Station Land $5,000.00 Building 32,616.00 Contents 19,078.85 $56,694.85 Veterans' Memorial Building and Land $9,500.00 Contents 547.00 $10,047.00 EDWARD C. WEBSTER, LAURENCE J. WALSH, JOHN W. O'HEARN, Selectmen. For the year ending December 31, 1945. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION . •�h;• ,-���, .,� : ::, ''�;�t. � i2'• l. . yt �' Annual Report OF THE AUDITOR OF THE Town of Watertown FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945 206 •� � d0000000a00o00a .QU U�C oO oO 0QO 0aO 0O 0O c�ocP0oo000 OOOOOOO p Q A y M S O b O[-O O O IliO CJ C ,; C;O LANm L-.-im N.-+ OOM tom -i p tU dIet• OOOL a)toO0Na)m-4 W N 0 A cy�Ci W d W N.t-t CV .a 00 CD 10 M�7 < C_' r-1 rl t--1 r-i r•1 r•1�-/rl e-1 r-1 N U to to0toO10 Or--00tototo0toto cv ONtoL• tom CID r• NN toC- C+ :+ _; 6 -;c�occvww06 _;C6ci m co Iv L•t Cd P- O Cn CO t--I dI L-,-t rl dt Cn to N 0n N CD caw U ccM- to O Cn M't O M--t t-N Ck 00 dI •tz >1 CO N Nto to N-4Om --4 dt to Cl •-+ M a) NN � -M M M N N N N N N N -4 A a� W CC7 If)toC)LMO)ndOt-00tototo0to to z �bn , Ncg0" tot- 0tommL-cvNtoL- r w 4i Cd '-r-I I O.--I CV 0 C N V d•N t 4 6 N M N y C) N f7 Cn CO-1 dI t-'A .-I dI Cn to N a)N CD W a N Ch -I to L N cM d!cr 00.-t t:N CA 00 d! [�1 Zf M ti M M to -4 M C-c7 M dt 00'd4 In CO to Q 00 L- tO to to M dI CO Ch N N .4.-4 GTy H 0 w 0 Cp 0 Cl 0 Op op 0 0 p bn " o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 cis 0o0n000000c 0Ct C) to 00$00000000Cgaoo � .� 00 otoL•OgOtno 000 M tfj M CD c CO 00.--I-+.-t O r- 00 0V L-CD QI co qd4. .NN C 1-4 NV NNNNNNm-4-t '1 O-CO H �1 0 H O O O O O O O O O O z 'C� 0 0 O O O O Cl C,O O OC700 O p SO ON000tn0 O O� 000 aitoaC)OOC) C> N� �N�O.r-4M1-4 1-f to to Fd O O O O O O O h 0 0 0$0 0 0 0 Ili A O SS D O C O C 0 pb O C)f8 C) 0 A C J 0 g O C. 0 n O C C t r Cl �O O O C'iv:c a)N t-rl M N rt 00 M to M.-t 00�" d4 rn Cb L-Cn to C)C)"m A.--t d4 00 H � CnM N d!d!d!N .-t �N .-400 CO to MN r-1r1 .-IN MeN to COONM O.4NMdt to CD , U mMmmmmmmMdI dtdt "d)dt dt C)O a)00)Om0 mm0m0MMm r-I r•1 rl�-1 ry r-� .-1 r•1 r-1 rti r-1 r-1 N H N.•-t 207 s AUDITOR'S REPORT s I herewith present the annual report of the Financial Transactions of the Town of Watertown for the year ending December 31, 1945. The Town of Watertown still holds an enviable position with regard to its financial condition, not only within the limits of the State of Massachusetts, but elsewhere throughout the country. During the past year I have had several inquiries from other states requesting informa- tion with regard to our methods in dealing with financial matters. Due to the fact that we made such a large transfer from the Excess and Deficiency account at the annual meeting, that account is not as large as it was a year ago, but it still shows a balance of $444,000.00. With the advent of the Purchasing Department it will be necessary to _install machine accounting as soon as it is possible to purchase the equipment. It will also mean the addition of another clerk to this department. Estimates of the cost and samples of work of the various types of machines are now being compiled with the hope that definite figures will be available for the Town Meeting in March. The various funds in charge of the Town Treasurer belonging to the Trustees of the Public Library have been examined and found correct. I have certified the cash of the Town Treasurer and Tax Collector and found it correct. Periodical examinations of the Tax Collector's outstanding accounts have been made and checked against the Controlling Accounts in my office and every one is in balance. The policy of having him collect the water rates has been very successful and the amount of outstanding water bills is the smallest in my memory. Respectfully submitted, W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Auditor Watertown, Mass. Then personally appeared the foregoing subscriber, William W. Nor- cross, Jr., who made oath that the foregoing statements subscribed by him are true. GEORGE B. WELLMAN, Justice of the Peace STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 208 FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS—YEAR ENDING DECEMBER, 30, 1945 _ Receipts Taxes: Real Estate 1944 $73,911.69 1945 1,586,833.33 Personal 1944 1,092.57 1945 115,895.68 Polls 1945 16,946.00 Motor Excise 1944 253.78 1945 27,422.00 From State Income tax 196,025.26 Corporation tax 162,473.94 Meals Tax 5,158.88 Special Assessments Moth $1,157.50 Sidewalks Added to tax bills 257.63 Unapportioned 630.20 Streets Added to tax bills 280.04 2,325.37 Water Liens 143.08 Tax Titles 17,427.41 Accounts Receivable: Moth and Tree Warden $131.05 Highway 535.00 Soldiers Relief 14.09 Weights and :Measures 67.60 Health Department 5,316.50 Sewer Department 42.35 Public Welfare 133,158.09 School Department 829.19 Cemetery Department 8,524.73 148,618.60 Water Rates 221,167.36 Federal Aid for Welfare 87,980.54 State and County Aid for Highways 1,800.00 Highway Fund from State 51,470.12 Incinerator Plans 1,500.00 Loans: Temporary—Anticipation of Revenue 300,000.00 McNamara's Dump 35,000.00 Interest: Taxes $2,023.49 Special Assessments Sidewalks 80.01 Streets 18.96 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 209 Accrued on bonds 11.67 Tax Titles 1,302.83 Trust Funds Potter Memorial Gate Fund 4.01 Library Trust Funds 428.75 Cemetery-Perpetual Care Fund 1,541.34 5,411.06 Whitney Fund 300.00 Dog Fund 2,382.00 Sewer Deposits 3,703.00 Evening School Deposits 340.00 Premium on Loans 66.50 Deductions for purchase of Bonds 33,052.83 Deductions for With-holding tax 174,259.62 Miscellaneous: Ashes and Garbage tickets $2,738.30 Building permits 1,713.50 Boston Edison, claim 102.50 Canteen machine 8.46 Collector, liens 396.00 Costs 854.27 Damage to traffic sign 20.00 Fire, damage to box 173.10 Sale of old apparatus 125.00 Health, Dental clinic 132.05 Licenses 317.50 Plumbing permits 356.00 Highway, Sale of garbage 7,280.00 Miscellaneous 195.90 Infirmary, board 10.00 Library, fines 2,189.55 Old books, etc. 11.99 Mass., Comm. of Burial of soldiers 100.00 War allowances 2,677.45 State Aid 1,220.00 Military Aid 950.50 Middlesex County, Dog licenses 2,295.22 Outside Aid 1,477.06 Poles and Wires, permits 325.50 Damages 91.36 Police, fines 3,087.40 Hackney licenses 144.00 Revolver permits 84.00 Bicycle registrations 604.69 Damages 178.55 Recording fees 41.76 Rent of Draft Board 480.00 Sale of foreclosed land 3,305.00 Sale of Town Owned land 1,550.00 School, vocational 3,254.95 Miscellaneous 107.20 Selectmen 34,061.25 Sidewalks 176.68 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 210 Soldiers Relief 101.82 Tax Title releases 165.00 Telephone commissions 2.66 Town Clerk 2,327.63 Town Hall 57.25 Tree Warden, damage to trees 300.00 Water, junk 27.50 Weights and Measures, fees 275.84 76,094.39 Refunds: Aid Dependent Children $436.55 Appela.te Tax Board 90.00 Drainage 8.55 Military Aid 50.00 Old Age Assistance 2,135.22 Outside Aid 381.75 Public Welfare, Contingent 30.00 School, Instruction 77.93 Soldiers Relief 242.50 Tax Title Foreclosures 13.75 3,466.25 Recoveries: Aid Dependent Children $275.00 Old Age Assistance 2,182.30 2,457.30 Total Receipts $3,355,478.56 Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1945 646,652.45 $4,002,131.01 Payments GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator $150.00 Selectmen's Department Selectmen's Salaries 3,250.00 Selectmen's Bonus 650.00 Private Stenographer 1,980.00 Contingent 432.59 Out-of-State Travel 900.00 Auditor's Department Auditor's Salary 4,500.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Senior Clerk 1,320.00 Contingent 751.57 Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary 4,500.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Senior Clerk 1,620.00 Senior Clerk 1,620.00 Contingent 1,363.56 Tax Title Foreclosures 45.27 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 211 Collector's Department Collector's Salary 4,500.00 Deputy Collector 1,980.00 Deputy Collector 1,980.00 1st Clerk 1,404.50 2nd Clerk 992.35 Contingent 1,301.70 Tax Sale Expense 94.00 Recording Instruments 35.39 Assessors' Department Assessors' Salaries 4,800.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Senior Clerk 1,531.00 Junior Clerk 967.65 Contingent 2,149.87 Appelate Tax Board 117.52 Finance Committee 1,004.37 Legal Services Salary of Town Counsel 2,500.00 Contingent 1,978.61 Tax Title Releases 237.00 Town Clerk's Department Town Clerk's Salary 4,500.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Junior Clerk and Stenographer 1,094.00 Contingent 936.92 Purchasing Department Salary of Agent 2,331.00 Principal Clerk 1,155.00 Contingent 1,402.30 Engineering Department Salaries 14,776.00 Contingent 658.20 Election Expense 3,484.33 Registrars of Voters 1,200.00 Permanent Asst. Registrar 1,620.00 Listing Board 1,231.58 Printing Voting Lists 447.98 Town Hall Department Senior Custodian 2,200.00 Junior Custodian 2,100.00 Telephone Operator 1,620.00 Relief Operator 538.80 Fuel 1,157.67 Light 1,290.85 Telephone 2,070.55 Maintenance 2,194.88 Changing Doors 1,050.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 212 Town Hall Annex - Salaries 7,020.00 Vacations 224.00 Other Expenses 2,636.94 Planning Board 28.30 Long Range Planning Comm. 488.66 Protection of Persons and Property Police Department Chief's Salary $4,000.00 Captains' Salaries 6,501.34 Lieutenants' Salaries 6,400.00 Sergeants' Salaries 17,771.85 Patrolmen's Salaries 101,365.63 Reserve Officers 12,994.87 Stenographer-Clerk 284.94 Addition Clerk 1,307.69 Junior Custodians and Wagon-men 7,800.00 Teletype 439.71 Uniforms 2,971.76 Contingent 10,468.75 Lighting 835.26 Painting Traffic Signs 500.00 Painting Station 600.00 F. B. I. Peace Officers' School 700.00 Fire Department Chief's Salary 4,000.00 Captains' Salaries 10,500.00 Lieutenants' Salaries 12,800.00 Mechanician's Salary 3,000.00 Permanent men 142,478.98 Salary of Call Man 155.00 Uniforms 2,999.45 Contingent 8,098.46 Repairs at Stations 2,693.00 New Chief's Car 1,600.00 Mobile Radio 500.00 Hose Driers 790.00 Battery Charger 249.69 Inspector of Buildings Salary of Inspector 3,800.00 Salary of Clerk 370.00 Transportation 300.00 Contingent 94.00 Weights and Measures Salary of Sealer 2,600.00 Contingent 399.98 Moth Department Salary of Superintendent 1,200.00 Salary of Clerk 575.00 Maintenance—Labor 2,526.82 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 213 Maintenance—Supplies 885.41 Elm Leaf Beetle—Labor 1,062.13 Elm Leaf Beetle—Supplies 52.45 Tree Warden Department Salary of Tree Warden 1,100.00 Salary of Clerk 300.00 Maintenance—Labor 5,932.46 Maintenance—Supplies 498.91 New Trees 583.78 Poles and Wires Department Salary of Inspector 4,000.00 Salary of Clerk 735.00 Extra Clerk 230.00 Maintenance—Labor 20,760.00 Maintenance—Materials 2,471.61 Transportation 300.00 10 New Boxes and installing 158.70 New Construction 4,289.88 Dog Officer Salary of Dog Officer 500.00 Contingent 900.00 Health and Sanitation Health Department Salary of Health Officer 4,000.00 Milk Inspector 800.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Nurses' Salaries 4,400.00 Contagious Diseases 14,963.27 Mosquito Control 2,000.00 Contingent 1,362.38 Baby Clinic 123.30 Dental Clinic 3,483.20 Inspector of Plumbing Salary of Inspector 3,500.00 Contingent 123.91 Auto Expense 300.00 Inspector of Cattle 600.00 Sewer Department Construction 886.30 Maintenance 2,376.03 Short Extensions 94.82 Drainage 897.17 Highways and Bridges Highway Department Salary of Superintendent 4,500.00 Assistant Superintendent 3,500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 214 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Senior Clerk 1,620.00 Office Expense 299.76 Labor 246,205.74 Overtime Labor 9,756.16 _ Vacations 9,984.40 Maintenance 27,626.36 Construction 4,092.23 Chapter 90 2,695.81 Snow and Ice—Materials 14,433.63 Snow and Ice—Overtime and Trucking 33,057.06 Ashes and Paper 1,988.24 Garbage Disposal 1,412.01 Traffic Signals—Main and Myrtle 40.80 Bigelow and Nichols Ave. 108.41 Catch Basin and Sewer Machine 5,998.73 Garbage Truck 2,887.00 Motor Pick-up Sweeper 3,900.00 Grove Street Bridge 2,351.22 Grove Street Drain 779.59 Sidewalks 491.91 Sidewalks—Maintenance 2,991.54 Street Lights 48,814.17 Charities and Soldiers' Benefits Public Welfare Senior Clerk and Typist 1,385.95 Senior Clerk and Typist 978.24 Junior Clerk 1,171.82 Junior Clerk 1,320.00 Contingent 2,027.72 Outside Aid 37,801.87 Aid Dependent Children 52,406.51 A. D. C.—Federal Administration 9,512.53 A. D. C.—Federal Aid 13,385.86 Old Age Assistance 122,670.28 O. A.A.—Federal Administration 6,293.98 O.A. A.—Federal Aid 68,916.96 Infirmary Department Salary of Keeper 1,250.00 General Expense 5,209.68 Physicians 3,000.00 Soldiers' Relief Salary of Agent 3,120.00 Investigators 3,060.00 Junior Clerk 1,320.00 Junior Clerk 565.20 Office Expense 1,990.60 Soldiers' Relief 26,865.23 Military Aid 1,285.00 State Aid 1,090.00 War Relief Allowances 1,396.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 215 Schools a7id Libraries School Department General Control Salary of Superintendent 6,000.00 Clerks' Salaries 3,600.00 Attendance Officers' Salaries 4,600.00 Attendance Officers' Expenses 500.00 Telephones 1,246.36 Office Expense 350.00 Instruction Salaries 526,405.08 Books and Supplies 17,999.14 Sick Leave 3,413.50 Operation Salaries 39,815.59 Supplies 2,49922 Fuel 20,968.12 Light and Power 12,277.98 Water 1,76629 School Halls 500.00 Maintenance 12,977.14 New Equipment 176.10 Medical Salaries 6,825.00 Sundries 151.53 Nurses Expenses 402.35 Evening School Salaries 1,000.00 Supplies 624.02 Trade 5,399.51 Transportation 3,638.30 New Boilers—East Junior 9,350.95 Retirement Fund 951.98 Juvenile Recreation 9,088.25 Public Library ; Salaries 35,144.94 Books, Periodicals and Bindings 7,999.89 Maintenance 5,299.55 Special Repairs 675.00 Library Trust Fund Income 428.75 Recreation Park Department Salary of Superintendent 2,600.00 Salary of Clerk 112.50 Maintenance 2,298.98 Labor 8,390.27 Extra Labor 1,715.08 New Equipment 647.21 Juvenile Recreation 4,582.21 New Plow 300.00 New Fence 982.00 Playgrounds, Salaries 3,040.00 Recreation Equipment 1,078.10 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 216 Miscellaneous Pensions 35,313.11 Annuities 7,968.02 Memorial Day 1,768.54 Insurance 8,379.32 Workmen's Compensation Agent 300.00 Workmen's Compensation 5,271.04 Executions 9,865.65 Printing Town Reports 1,916.25 Zoning By-Laws 3.00 Headquarters—V. F.W. 1,640.00 Headquarters—D. A. V. 360.00 Contingent 3,801.25 Board of Appeals Salary of Chairman 200.00 Contingent 271.50 Town Defense 212.94 Purchase of War Bonds 50,000.00 Eye-Glasses for School Children 50.00 World War Memorial 533.00 Contributory Retirement System 37,719.68 Municipal Garage 819.78 Land for Dump 50,000.00 Enterprises and Cemeteries Water Department Salary of Superintendent 4,000.00 Assistant Superintendent 3,000.00 Registrar 3,000.00 Principal Clerk 1,980.00 Senior Clerk 1,620.00 Meter Readers 7,099.20 Service Foreman 3,000.00 Office Expense 1,597.33 Maintenance—Labor 33,389.05 Maintenance—Materials 6,995.92 Emergency Over-time 1,499.99 Vacations 1,336.00 Water Liens 213.04 Construction and Reconstruction 270.32 New House Connections 999.66 New ;S" Meters 300.00 New Hydrants 3,126.33 Registrar—Use of Car 312.00 New ?.', Ton Truck 2,492.42 Grove Street 6,669.80 Cemetery Department Salary of Superintendent 1,791.43 Labor 6,368.40 Extra Labor 4,797.23 Contingent 756.77 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 217 Addition to Ridgelawn 10,000.00 Cottage Street Cemetery 2,599.97 Interest and Town Debt Interest 7,828.48 Town Debt 97,000.00 State and County Taxes County Tax 72,187.08 County T B Hospital 21,091.87 State Taxes and Assessments 189,253.15 Temporary Loans Anticipation of Revenue 300,000.00 Trust Funds Deposited in Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 3,810.75 Deposited in Library Trust Fund 300.00 Refunds Taxes—Property 9,371.73 Personal 45.10 Polls 10.00 Excise 93.03 Water Rates 540.60 Miscellaneous Dog Fund 2,629.40 Sewer Deposits 1,066.93 Purchase of Bonds 32,233.48 With-holding Tax 175,050.06 Estimated Receipts 12.90 Premium Account 65.50 Total Expenditures $3,388,896.39 Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1945 613,234.62 $4,002,131.01 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator Appropriation for 1945 $150.00 Expenditures Russell, John M., salary $150.00 Selectmen's Department Selectmen's Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $3,250.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 218 Expenditures Menton, Patrick A., salary $180.54 O'Hearn, John W., salary 819.46 Walsh, Lawrence J., salary 1,049.68 Webster, Edward, C., salary 1,200.32 $3,250.00 Selectmen's Bonus Appropriation for 1945 $650.00 Expenditures Menton,Patrick A., bonus $36.11 O'Hearn, John W., bonus 163.89 Walsh, Lawrence J., bonus 209.93 Webster, Edward C., bonus 240.07 $650,00 Selectmen's Private Stenograplier Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Stone, Helen E., salary $1,980.00 Selectmen's Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Expenditures Copley Chemical Co., office supplies $8.75 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 60.32 Hobbs & Warren, forms 7.99 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 2.85 Mason, Ralph W., flowers 20.00 Middlesex County Selectmen's Assoc., dues 9.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 6.51 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 13.04 Research Institute of America, membership fees 34.00 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 7.00 Stone, Helen E., stamps 15.00 Towhill Co., James T., office supplies 2.25 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 150.16 Watertown Sun, advertising 89.64 Webster, Edward C., expenses—selectmen's meeting 6.08 Total Expenditures $432.59 Transferred to Revenue 67.41 $500.00 Selectmen's—Out-of-State Travel Appropriation for 1945 $1,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 219 Expenditures Dwyer, Thomas V., convention expenses $200.00 Harrington, Michael J., convention expenses 200.00 Landry, Leo P., convention expenses 200.00 Murray, Edward A., expenses to F.B.I. School graduation 300.00 Total Expenditures $900.00 Transferred to Revenue 100.00 $1,000.00 Auditor's Department Auditor's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,500.00 Expenditures Norcross, Jr. W. W., salary $4,500.00 Auditor's Principal Cleric Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Cameron, Florence W., salary $1,980.00 Auditor's Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,320.00 Expenditures Slavin, Frances E., salary $548.16 Sullivan, Lillian, salary 771.84 $1,320.00 Auditor's Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $800.00 Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., office supplies $45.00 American City Magazine, subscription 2.00 Copley Chemical Co., binding book 11.50 Eaton, Leroy S., printing—envelopes 85.28 Holt, Charles O., Sergt-at-arms, subscription 2.00 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 163.46 Lovell, Donald W., carbon paper & ribbons 9.50 Lydston, W. W., ink well maintenance 2.45 Mass., Comm of., ledger indexes—ledger sheets 10.73 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 220 Mooney Card Shop, folders—calendars 4.96 Municipal Finance Officers' Assoc., membership 20.00 Norcross, Jr. W. W., rent of P. O. Box—stamps 23.10 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 18.90 Royal Typewriter Co., typewriter 97.81 Standard Duplicating Machines Corp., fluid for duplicator 6.38 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 25.00 Watertown Sun, quarterly reports 148.50 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, quarterly reports 75.00 Total Expenditures $751.57 Transferred to Revenue 48.43 $800.00 Treasurer's Department Treasurer's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,500.00 Expenditures Sheridan, James H., salary $4,500.00 Treasurer's Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Walsh, Catherine, salary $1.980.00 Treasurer's Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Holmes, Lillian S., salary $1,620.00 Treasurer's Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures McAuliffe, Alice, salary $1.620.00 Treasurer's Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $1,400.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION �221 -, Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., office supplies $64.90 Allen Wales Adding Machines Agency, ribbons 2.00 Becker & Co., stapling supplies 6.40 Blake & Rebhan Co., germicide 1.96 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., ribbons- jackets 20.43 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 8.33 Copley Chemical Co., ink 1.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 50.20 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 6.14 Keefe, Mary G., insurance 20.00 Kelly, Richard, cleaning-storage work 20.00 Mass., Comm of., Div. of Accts., tax title sheets .74 Mass. Treasurer & Collector Assoc., dues 2.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 28.25 Morris Ireland Safe Co., services 10.20 Murphy, George T., bond 10.00 National Cash Register Co., ribbon .75 National Shawmut Bank, postage 1.48 New England Towel Supply Co., towel service 10.80 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 48.11 Postmaster-Boston, stamps-envelopes 622.02 Railway Express Agency-express 1.49 Sheridan, James H., recording-postage 47.59 Sheridan, James H., certification 24.50 Smith Co., Frederic B.-withholding tax forms 32.22 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 16.00 Todd Sales Co., ribbons-cleaning 11.05 Union Market National Bank, rent safe deposit box 5.00 U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., bond 290.00 Total Expenditures $1,363.56 Transferred to Revenue 36.44 $1,400.00 Treasurer-Tax Title Foreclosures Balance brought forward $1,583.71 Refunds 13.75 $1,597.46 Expenditures Land Court-Registry of Deeds $6.25 Leighton, Thomas-Register, recording 33.74 Paquet, Wilfred J., recording 5.28 Total Expenditures $45.27 Balance carried forward 1,522.19 $1,597.46 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 222 Collector's Department Collector's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,500.00 Expenditures Kennedy, John J., salary $4,500.00 Collector—Deputy Collector Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Cunniff, F. Madeline, salary $1,980.00 Collector—Deputy Collector Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Dolan, Bessie, salary $1,980.00 Collector-1st Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Beverly, Mary, salary $1,404.50 Transferred to Revenue 215.50 $1,620.00 Collector-2nd Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,200.00 Expenditures Callan, Helen, salary $922.35 Transferred to Revenue 207.65 $1,200.00 Collector—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $1,382.50 Expenditures Allen-Wales Adding Machine Co., ribbons $1.00 Blake-Rebhan Co., office supplies 12.11. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 223 Burke, Edward J., expenses 100.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 25.08 Emerson, •Waldo P., expenses 100.00 Gray & Co., D. J., rubber stamp repaired 3.50 Hobbs & Warren Inc., pads 8.00 Horne & Co., H. S., asst. rubber bands 1.47 Hughes, James F., printing 17.00 Kelly, Richard, repairing chairs 3.00 Kennedy, John J., expenses-collector's meetings 36.00 Keystone Envelope Co., envelopes 8.10 Lindbladh Co., book-binding 54.00 Marshall Son & Wheelock Inc., varnish 1.96 Mass., Comm. of, Div. of Acets., forms 29.05 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 36.36 Moore Corp., John C., binder-lettered 15.00 National Cash Register Co., ribbons 13.00 O'Brion-Russell Co., bonding 459.25 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 27.27 Postmaster-Boston, stamps 70.42 Robinson Seal Co., forms 16.47 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc., two typewriters 231.66 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 25.00 West Publishing Co., subscriptions 7.00 Total Expenditures $1,301.70 Transferred to Revenue 80.80 $1,382.50 Collector-Tax Sale Expense Appropriation for 1945 $150.00 Expenditures Burke, Edward J., posting notices $10.50 Emerson, Waldo P., posting notices 10.50 Kennedy, John J., expenses 10.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 63.00 Total Expenditures $94.00 Transferred to Revenue 56.00 $150.00 Collector-Recording Instruments Appropriation for 1945 $75.00 Expenditures Gutheim, Albert T., recording $34.36 Gutheim, Albert T., Asst. Recorder, recording 1.03 Total Expenditures $35.39 Transferred to Revenue 39.61 $75.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 224 Assessors' Department Assessors' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $4,800.00 Expenditures Bradford, Andrew D., salary $1,600.00 Stone, Ronald M., salary 1,600.00 Wright, Edward F., salary 1,600.00 $4,800.00 Assessors' Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Kerivan, Helen F., salary $1,980.00 Assessors' Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Hopkins, Marjorie—salary $1,370.50 Walsh, Mary E., salary 160.50 Total Expenditures $1,531.00 Transferred to Revenue 89.00 $1,620.00 Assessors' Junior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,200.00 Expenditures Hopkins, Marjorie, salary $118.90 Jennings, Catherine, salary 848.75 Total Expenditures $967.65 Transferred to Revenue 232.35 $1,200.00 Assessors' Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $2,150.00 Expenditures Allen Wales Adding Machine Co., ribbon $1.00 Applin, Lillian L., transfers 113.75 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 225 Bradford, Andrew D., transportation--convention expenses 32.75 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 58.75 Eaton, Leroy S., envelopes-printing 122.65 Godwin Taxi-taxi 106.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 13.82 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 17.01 Postmaster Boston, envelopes 917.28 Real Estate Guide Co., real estate guide 50.00 Robinson Seal Co., forms & binding books 109.25 Smith Co., Frederic B., tax forms 470.17 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 24.00 Stone, Ronald M., use of car, convention expenses 103.44 Wright, Edward F., convention expenses 10.00 Total Expenditures $2,149.87 Transferred to Revenue .13 $2,150.00 Assessors' Appelate Tax Board Balance brought forward $666.90 Refund 90.00 $756.90 Expenditures Godwin Taxi, taxi $7.50 Mass., Comm of., Brief 90.00 New Eng Photo Camera Shop & Portraits Studio, films & developing 3.52 Stone, Ronald M., use of car 4.50 Wright, Edward F., use of car 12.00 Total Expenditures $117.52 Balance carried forward 639.38 $756.90 Finance Committee Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Assoc. of Town Finance Committees, dues $10.00 Brogle, Albert P., Associated meetings, expenses 187.10 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 402.83 Horne & Co., H. S., binders imprinted 23.70 Norcross, Jr., W. W., services 300.00 Postmaster-Boston, stamps 5.74 °Tingsbury, Mrs. R., services-stenographer 75.00 Total Expenditures $1,004.37 Transferred to Revenue 995.63 $2,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 226 Legal Service Salary Appropriation for 1945 S2,500.00 Expenditures Curran, John, salary $523.83 Paquet, Wilfred, salary 1,976.17 $2,500.00 Legal Service Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures American City Magazine, subscription $2.00 Boston Law Book Co., law book 15.00 Burns, Dorothy C., stenographer services 420.00 Curran, John J., incidental expenses 24.63 Curran, Kathleen, stenographic work 110.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 45.57 Goodwin, Florence N., typewriting 20.20 Grant's Express, express 3.00 Lawyers Coop Publishing Co., books 20.50 Mass. Assn of City & Town Counsels, member- ship dues 10.00 Murphy, John F., appraising 200.00 Paquet, Wilfred J., miscellaneous expenses 85.61 Sullivan & Sullivan, services 200.00 Tangusso, Sebastian, services 556.75 Treasurer of the U.S.A. bid on wood 2.00 Tyler, Earle S., services 203.35 West Publishing Co., books 10.00 Wright, Edward F., services 50.00 Total Expenditures $1,978.61 Transferred to Revenue 21.39 $2,000.00 Legal Services—Tax Title Releases Appropriation for 1945 S237.00 Expenditures Curran, John J., services $237.00 Town Clerk's Department Town Clerk's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 227 Expenditures Wellman, George B., salary $4,500.00 Town Clerk—Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Griffin, Mary, salary $1,980.00 Town Clerk—Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Benjamin, Alma R., salary $1,980.00 Town Clerk—Jr. Clerk & Stenographer Appropriation for 1945 $1,260.00 Expenditures Butler, Barbara, salary $115.50 Hayes,Anesta, salary 978.50 Total Expenditures $1,094.00 Transferred to Revenue 166.00 $1,260.00 Town Clerk—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $1,060.00 Expenditures Allen Wales Adding Machine Co., ribbon $1.00 American Writing Ink Co., ink 3.30 Coleman Co., George, book binding 42.48 Commonwealth, Secretary of, photostatic copy .50 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 5.50 Copley Chemical Co., office supplies 1.85 Donovan & Sullivan, line plates 5.92 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 382.00 Gleason, John T., services 3.00 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 45.46 Johnson Co., Andrew T., maps of Watertown 13.60 LeFavor, George E., bond 5.00 Manifold Supply Co., carbon 13.50 Mass. Town Clerks Assoc., dues 3.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 3.16 Morris-Ireland Safe Co., Changing combinations 10.20 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION A 228 New Eng. Electrotype Co., "Benday Blocked" 17.07 Pascoe Co., George T., office supplies 1.09 Photo Record Corp., photo record paper 22.07 Postmaster—Boston, stamps 4.00 Railway Express Agency, express 1.37 r Resolution Service, resolution folders 5.00 Ross, David, services 5.00 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc., typewriter 82.81 Standard Dupl-ating Service, fluid 6.38 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 28.00 Towhill Co., James T., office supplies 4.20 Walton Trunk Co., buckles attached 1.10 Watertown Bindery, distributing warrants 78.40 Watertown Sun, advertising 49.12 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 31.13 Wellman, George B., postage, express 57.71 York, Harry J., services 3.00 Total Expenditures $936.92 Transferred to Revenue 123.08 $1,060.00 Purchasing Department Purchasing Agent's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Horton, Arthur W., salary $2,331.00 Transferred to Revenue 669.00 $3.000.00 Purchasing—Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,485.00 Expendittcrec Flaherty, Marie, salary $1,155.00 Transferred to Revenue 330.00 $1,485.00 Purchasing Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., office supplies $29.10 Blake & Rebhan Co., office supplies 185.37 ._ Eaton, Leroy S., printing, stamped envelopes 196.26 Evans Printing Service, printing 166.00 Harty, Thomas F., gold leaf 1.33 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 229 Horton, Arthur W., expenses for Purchasing Agent's meeting 5.00 LeVin Co. S. M., office furniture 211.50 Mass. Comm. of, Reformatory, W. Concord, table 6.00 Milmore, Frederick J., lettering 5.00 Mooney Card Shop, fillers, calendar 1.96 New Eng. Purchasing Agent's Assoc., dues 35.00 Postmaster, Boston, stamps 6.00 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc., typewriter 102.06 Smith Co., Frederic B., purchase forms 417.00 Spencer Mfg. Co., S. M., timer stamp 4.06 Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co., labor on cabinets 28.70 Watertown Sun, subscription 1.96 Total Expenditures $1,402.30 Transferred to Revenue 597.70 $2,000.00 Engineering Department Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $14,900.00 Expenditures Allen, Otis D., salary $4,000.00 Brown, Frederick R., salary 1,976.00 Cook, Herbert, salary 3,000.00 McGann, Jr., Martin H., salary 1,600.00 Sullivan, James, salary 2,600.00 Tierney, Joseph E., salary 1,600.00 Total Expenditures $14,776.00 Transferred to Revenue 124.00 $14,900.00 Engineering Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $800.00 Expenditures Allen, Otis D., incidentals $33.74 American City Magazine, subscription 8.00 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., maintenance 9.80 Carter-Rice & Co., mailing tubes 9.55 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 8.75 Firestone Stores, seat covers 13.95 Fletcher Hdwe Co., shellac .70 Gatchell Glass Co., glass 5.94 Gorman, M. D., Eugene F., services 10.00 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 152.50 Johnson Co., Andrew T., drawing supplies 117.80 Leighton, Thomas, Register—blue prints 3.56 McGlaufiin, B. Fay, insurance 52.75 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 230 Middlesex Registry of Deeds, blue prints 3.05 .Mohawk Pete, tire chains 8.50 Monroe Calculating Machine Co., maintenance 18.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 12.34 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 9.52 Registrar of Motor Vehicles, registering cars 6.00 Roads & Streets, subscriptions 5.00 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 13.20 Summer St. Garage, auto service 147.47 Watertown Sun, subscription 1.96 Ward's, office supplies 2.75 Y & E Sales Corp., folders 3.37 Total Expenditures $658.20 Transferred to Revenue 141.80 $800.00 Election Expense Appropriation for 1945 $3,460.00 Transferred Town Meeting 30.00 $3,490.00 Expenditures Allen Wales Adding Machine Co., rental adding machine $24.00 Coolidge Square Service Station, gas for census 33.07 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 628.75 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 1.65 Gleason, Patrick D., services 9.00 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 9.75 Hughes, James F., printing 10.50 McBee Co., cards 26.64 Mosman, Arthur D., services 3.00 Pay-roll, election of officers 2,389.50 Ross, David, services 15.00 Standard Bookbinding Co., bookbinding 10.50 Tracy Chair Co., rental tables 128.50 Watertown Bindery, distributing warrants 78.40 Watertown Sea Grille Inc., meal 11.07 White, Peter J., labor 99.00 York, Harry J., services 6.00 Total Expenditures $3,484.33 Transferred to Revenue 5.67 $3,490.00 Registrar of Voters-Registrars' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $1,200.00 Expenditures Gleason, Patrick D., salary $300.00 MacKay, Norman D., salary 300.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION r 231 O'Hanian, Cyrus M., salary 300.00 Wellman, George B., salary 300.00 $1,200.00 Registrars of Voters—Permanent Assistant Registrar Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Meehan, Mary R., salary $1,620.00 Listing Board Appropriation for 1945 $1,283.00 Expenditures American Register Co., arcosnaps $128.10 Belmont Herald, advertisment 7.84 Coolidge Square Service Station, gas 33.08 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 183.80 Gleason, Mary C., services 135.00 Horne & Co., H. S., stamp set 2.75 Manifold Supplies Co., carbons 27.21 McBee Co., rental sorter 20.00 Murray Printing Co., printing 418.00 Pascoe Co., George T., cabinet 11.70 Shaw, Beatrice A., typing street lists 225.82 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 7.00 Towhill Co., James T., office supplies 5.60 Watertown Sun, advertisement 7.84 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, adv. 7.84 Wellman, George B., postage 10.00 Total Expenditures $1,231.58 Transferred to Revenue 51.42 $1,283.00 Printing Voting Lists Appropriation for 1945 $625.00 Transferred Town Meeting 130.00 $495.00 Expenditures Eaton, Leroy S., printing $447.98 Transferred to Revenue 47.02 $495.00 Town Hall Department Senior Custodian—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $2,200.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 231� Expenditures Duffy, Peter, salary $2,200.00 Town Hall—Junior Custodian Salary Appropriation for 1945 $2,100.00 Expenditures Kelly, Richard, salary $2,100.00 Town Hall—Telephone Operator—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Connors, Anne, salary $1,620.00 Town Hall—Relief Operator—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $490.00 Transferred Town Meeting 50.00 $540.00 Expenditures Brogie, Katherine A., services $29.20 Bassett, Mrs. Elizabeth, services 509.60 Total Expenditures $538.80 Transferred to Revenue 1.20 $540.00 Town Hall—Fuel Appropriation for 1945 $1,500.00 Expenditures Munhall Fuel Co., oil $1,157.67 Transferred to Revenue 342.33 $1,500.00 Town Hall—Light Appropriation for 1945 $1,300.00 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., light $1,290.85 Transferred to Revenue 9.15 $1,300.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 233 Town Hall—Telephone Watertown 8200 Appropriation for 1945 $2,200.00 Expenditures New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service $2,070.55 Transferred to Revenue 129.45 $2,200.00 Town Hall—Changing Doors Appropriation for 1945 $1,050.00 Expenditures Titus, L. C., services $1,050.00 Town Ball—Maintenance Appropriation for 1945 $1,600.00 Transferred Town Meeting 650.00 $2,250.00 Expenditures Acme Chemical & Supply Co., disinfectant $15.50 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 24.52 Coolidge Cleansers Inc., cleaning 3.53 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 44.53 Copley Chemical Co., disinfectant 13.75 Deagle, George, painting 155.00 Di'Andrea, Leo, labor 580.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 7.38 General Electric Co., electric supplies 4.35 Grant Co., W. T., ash trays 1.20 Hawes Electric Co., lamps 1.08 Johnson Co., George T., paper supplies 13.50 Landry, Leo P., clock repair 1.87 Lawn Mower Grinding Co., lawn mower grinding 6.00 Margosian, Aris E., painting 350.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Co., electric supplies 182.48 Middlesex Chemical Co., wax 36.00 Nonantum Lumber Co., pickets 4.80 Petroleum Heat & Power Co., burner service 33.53 Standard Equip. Co., electrical supplies 20.15 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 210.00 Stetson Co., M. D., cleaning supplies 32.50 Swaney Co., C. R., new motor & pump assembly 141.56 Supreme Cleaning Supp. Co., cleaning supplies 4.20 Thompson Water Cooler Co., water cooler 66.00 Titus, L. C., locks 50.00 Triconi, S., loam 40.00 Watertown Plumbing Co., wrench, supplies 53.45 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 234 Watertown Upholstering Co., upholstering 82.00 White, Peter J., carpentering 16.00 Total Expenditures $2,194.88 Transferred to Revenue 55.12 $2,250.00 Town Hall—Annex—Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $7,020.00 Expenditures Burnell, Jos., salary $2,026.66 Hudson, John, salary 1,951.79 Nesbitt, Robert, salary 1,878.28 Sullivan, Frank J., salary 1,163.27 $7,020.00 Town Hall—Annex—Vacations Appropriation for 1945 $224.00 Expenditures Burnell, Jos., vacation $68.00 Hudson, John, vacation 64.00 Nesbitt, Robert, vacation 60.00 Sullivan, Frank J., vacation 32.00 $224.00 Town Ball Annex—Other Expenses Appropriation for 1945 $3,100.00 Expenditures Boston Cons. Gas Co., service $26.62 Boston Edison Co., service 753.35 Campbell Hardware Co., hardware 1.00 Crown Shade & Screen Co., screens 44.30 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 8.43 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 1.66 Holland, J. B., installing screens 10.00 Hughes, Joseph M., plumbing 26.16 Johnson Co., George T., paper products 27.40 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., electric supplies 23.64 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 4.50 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 505.66 Nonantum Coal Co., coal 809.48 Prominent Specialty Co., cleanser 11.25 Rogers Co., cleaning supplies 12.77 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 43.20 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 20.00 Stetsoh Co., M. D., cleaning supplies 87.03 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 235 Waltham Paper Products Co., paper products 26.24 White, Peter J., carpentering 194.25 Total Expenditures $2,636.94 Transferred to Revenue 463.06 $3,100.00 Planning Board Appropriation for 1945 $100.00 Expenditures Shurcliff, Arthur A., proposed shelter architect $28.30 Transferred to Revenue 71.70 $100.00 Long Range Planning Committee Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Balance brought forward 70.43 $570.43 Expenditures Durso, Anne, clerk services $15.00 Evans Printing Service, "Books" 377.00 Glidden, Alfred A., supplies 41.66 Parker, William S., services 40.00 Temple, Maxine, clerk—services 15.00 Total Expenditures $488.66 Transferred to Revenue 81.77 $570.43 PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY Police Department Chief's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,000.00 Expenditures Murray, Edward A., salary $4,000.00 Police—Captains' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $7,000.00 Expenditures Igoe, James M., salary $3,250.67 Igoe, John J., salary 3,250.67 Total Expenditures $6,501.34 Transferred to Revenue 498.66 $7,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 236 Police—Lieutenants' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $6,400.00 Expenditures Donnelly, Andrew J., salary $2,972.06 Igoe, James M., salary 227.94 Igoe, John J., salary 227.94 Nally, Francis A., salary 2,972.06 $6,400.00 Police—Sergeants' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $18,000.00 Expenditures Devaney, Thomas W., salary $1,977.35 Donnelly, Andrew J., salary 213.69 Flaherty, Walter F., salary 3,000.00 Harrington, Joseph C., salary 2,786.31 Higgins, John A., salary 906.23 McGeever, John F., salary 3,000.00 Nally, Francis A., salary 213.69 Norton, Edmund H., salary 3,000.00 Perkins, Arthur F., salary 1,786.35 Shea, Charles E., salary 888.23 Total Expenditures $17,771.85 Transferred to Revenue 228.15 $18,000.00 Police—Patrolmen's Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $104,000.00 Town Meeting Transfer 2,500.00 $101,500.00 Expenditures Arone, Lawrence, salary $2,322.15 Boudakian, Armand, salary 2,128.43 Boyle, Edward J., salary 2,600.00 Burke, James J., salary 2,650.75 Carnes, William W., salary 410.91 Carr, Richard, salary 1,267.60 Clinton, George M., salary 2,600.00 Cochrane, Joseph X., salary 2,611.37 Cullen, Thomas J., salary 2,641.12 Egan, Francis D., salary 477.28 Emerson, Waldo, salary 2,460.10 Fairbanks, William H., salary 235.08 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 237 Farrell, George J., salary 2,700.51 ` Forte, Ralph, salary 2,139.84 Galligan, Lawrence F., salary 601:91 Garafalo, Francis A., salary 555.67 Gilfoil, Joseph, salary 2,637.29 Hanley, Lawrence G., salary 2,628.44 Hanlon, John J., salary 2,656.00 Harrington, Joseph C., salary 185.21 Higgins, John A., salary 1,851.14 Igoe, Daniel E., salary 2,620.56 Iodice, Rudolph G., salary 1,071.59 Keefe, David F., salary 459.42 Kimball, Russell J., salary 2,648.56 Linehan, John J., salary 275.42 Long, John J., salary 2,664.75 Lyons, Stephen F., salary 2,701.39 McCarthy, Francis J., salary 2,704.88 McDonald, Herbert A., salary 306.33 McElligott, James E., salary 135.34 McGrath, Stephen J., salary 2,590.36 McNeil, John, salary 2,07723 Maloney, Edward J., salary 652.25 Martin, William, salary 664.07 Morash, Charles E., salary 2,507.44 Murphy, Edward P., salary 2,621.87 O'Neil, Arthur J., salary 1,616.62 Parker, Harold A., salary 2,606.13 Perkins, Arthur F., salary 1,063.71 Pouliot, Wilfred, salary 2,615.31 Reilly, James M., salary 2,616.22 Reilly, John J., salary 548.60 Reiman, Theodore F., salary 818.86 Ryan, Richard T., salary 2,686.55 Ryder, Thomas, salary 2,619.25 Savage, Stewart E., salary 2,646.38 Shea, Charles E., salary 1,639.89 Shea, James P., salary 574.92 Shea, William, salary 2,627.10 Skuse, Donald A., salary 2,588.16 Sullivan, Joseph W., salary 477.26 Todd, Donald R., salary 2,151.57 Walsh, John A., salary 2,605.25 Wilkins Jr., Richard L., salary 1,268.44 Williams, Robert E., salary 163.38 Zalenski, Alfred, salary 2,369.77 Total Expenditures $101,365.63 Transferred to Revenue 134.37 $101,500.00 . Pollce—Reserve Officers Appropriation for 1945 $10,500.00 Transferred Town Meeting 2,500.00 $13,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 238 Expenditures Bartley, Richard, salary $273.43 Burke, Walter, salary 814.32 Carr, Richard, salary 53.75 Coffey, Thomas P., salary 571.86 Donnelly, Charles, salary 871.66 Emerson, Waldo P., salary 144.00 Gildea, Thomas V., salary 674.49 Hatch, Preston C., salary 972.00 Hawes, Harry, salary 981.64 Higson, Everett, salary 874.78 Kelley, Ralph E., salary 700.75 LeConti, Anthony, salary 151.32 Loring, John A., salary 99.09 Martin, William, salary 248.00 Maurer, Henry, salary 469.13 McCarthy, Michael J., salary 906.93 McNeil, John H., salary 152.00 Reardon, William, salary 1,276.67 Roper, John T., salary 634.34 Sullivan, Edward P., salary 692.51 Ticehurst, Norman, salary 495.68 Todd, Donald, salary 395.00 Whyte, John, salary 541.52 Total Expenditures $12,994.87 Transferred to Revenue 5.13 $13,000.00 Police Department—Stenographer-Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $2,600.00 Transferred Town Meeting 1,500.00 $1,100.00 Expenditures Roche, Robert E., salary $284.94 Transferred to Revenue 815.06 $1,100.00 Police Department—Additional Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,320.00 Expenditures Gannam, Catherine, salary $1,307.69 Transferred to Revenue 12.31 $1,320.00 • Police Department—Jr. Custodian & Wagonman Appropriation for 1945 $7,800.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 239 Expenditures Mahan, Harold F., salary $2,600.00 Roper, John T., salary 2,600.00 Sheridan, Thomas F., salary 2,600.00 $7,800.00 Police Department—Teletype Appropriation for 1945 $540.00 Expenditures New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service $439.71 Transferred to Revenue 100.29 $540.00 Police Department—Uniforms Appropriation for 1945 $3,300.00 Expenditures Basch Cap Co., caps $7.75 Boudakian, Armand, uniform 31.00 Donahue & Riordan, coat, alterations 44.80 Faunce & Son, W. T., shoes 11.00 Harris, Charles A., rain coats—ties—shirts 65.65 Harry's Cleansing Shop, repairs 52.00 Leavitt Shirt Mfg. Co., shirts 66.00 Leopold Morse Co., uniforms 270.00 Linsky & Bros. Inc., M., uniforms 2,372.15 Otis Bros. Co., supplies 7.71 Roper, John T., overcoat 25.00 Sam's Army & Navy Store, shirts and ties 18.70 Total Expenditures $2,971.7.6 Transferred to Revenue 328.24 $3,300.00 Police Department—Lialiting Appropriation for 1945 $850.00 Expenditures Graybar Electric Co., fixtures $805.20 Mass Gas & Electric Lt Supp. Co., electric supplies 30.06 r Total Expenditures $835.26 Transferred to Revenue 14.74 $850.00 • STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 240 Police Department—F.B.I. Officers' School Balance brought forward $700.00 Expenditures Flaherty, Walter F., instruction $700.00 Police Department—Painting Traffic Signs Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Expenditures Department of Correction, repair & recondition traffic signs $360.63 Commonwealth of Mass., State Prison, traffic signs 106.65 Titus, L. C., painting traffic signs 32.72 $500.00 Police Department—Painting Police Station Appropriation for 1945 $600.00 Expenditures Black, Lester M., services $600.00 Police Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $9,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 1,500.00 $10,500.00 Expenditures Al's Auto Body, auto repair $124.50 American Express Agency, express .41 Atwell Co., rebuilt ediphones 496.02 Betty Bakerite, donuts 8.14 Belmont Springs Water Co., water service 16.00 B:�lmont Supply Co., supplies 38.44 Bipclow & Dowse Co., cartridges 153.60 Blake & Rebhan Co., envelopes 5.39 Boston Cons Gas. Co., service 11.10 Boston Edison Co., service 612.35 Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 5.65 Boulevard Super Service, auto service 5.30 Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 145.62 Butts & Ordway Co., sash cord 1.95 Cambridge Hospital, x-ray 10.00 Carr, Richard J., reimbursement—welding 3.50 t Carter-Rice & Co., paper 10.77 Coca-Cola Bottling Co., coca-cola 9.50 Colo Inc., Fran J., express .98 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 241 Commissioner of Public Safety, books-bicycle Reg. Certificates 6.45 Commonwealth of Mass.-Secretary, civil service manuals 8.40 Comstock's Laundry, A. H., laundry 32.19 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 1.38 Coolidge Square Service Station, auto service 450.80 Coolidge Cleansers Inc., cleansers 29.45 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 8.57 Crandall & Hicks, repairing motor cycle 221.08 Darley & Co., W. S., iron claws 39.49 Dowd & Co., Inc., H. J., paper supplies 83.66 Eastern Surgical Supply Co., supplies 18.61 Eaton, Leroy S., printing-envelopes 37.82 Eastman Kodak Stores, supplies 10.84 Evans Printing Service, printing 25.23 Fourot Inc., grapho-detector 17.66 Federal Electric Co., siren 35.00 Federal Laboratories, emergency gas carrying case 17.50 Flaherty, Co., Wm. H., auto parts 175.98 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 1.94 Garage & Auto Supply Co., auto supplies 29.50 Gamewell Co., register paper 35.84 General Insulation Co., supplies 1.25 Gelotte Inc., Claus, camera supplies 25.50 Graham Corporation, Osnaberg wipers 14.00 Harkins Machine & Equpt Co., machine parts 6.35 Hebert & Co., Wm. H., gun cases 15.00 Hearne Brothers, map 22.50 Henley-Kimball Co., auto repair 25.45 Hinckley's Bicycle Shop, keys .50 H. & H. Co., lunches 35.00 Hobbs & Warren, license book 2.75 Ingham & Co., Inc., leather straps 6.00 Igoe, John J., express •89 International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police, membership 10.00 Jenney Mfg Co., gas 3.29 Kee-Lok Mfg. Co., carbon paper 30.19 Kirkwood Bros. Inc., gun repair 7.50 Kreems Card Shop, photographic supplies 34.47 Lauricella, A., sandwiches 8.48 LeFavor, George E., insurance 30.00 MacKenzie Baking Co., donuts 2.72. Mack, Alfred, auto lights 20.00 Mass Gas & Electric Co., electric supplies 8.00 Mass. Comm of., Dept of Correction, bicycle plates 30.00 Melanson, Orin J., watch repair 5.00 Metcalfe & Co., supplies 18.61 Mom's Doughnut Shop, lunches 34.17 Mohawk Pete, auto repair 41.65 Mosman, Eleanor, matron 243.50 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 3.12 Motor Car Co. of-New Eng., repair 16.70 • STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 242 Munhall Fuel Co., oil 730.63 - Municipal Year Book, year book 8.50 Murray, Edward A., incidentals 20.00 New Eng. Assoc. Chiefs of Police, dues 3.00 New Eng. Police Revolver League, membership & entry fees 98.80 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 954.05 Newton Corner Press, printing 119.00 Pennsylvania Oil Co., gas 1,590.05 Percy's Lunch, lunches 93.12 Perkins, Arthur, express .59 Porter Co., William H., carpentering 94.78 Pollard's Diner, lunches 11.50 Potter Press, duplicate books 9.50 Prominent Specialty Co., disinfectant 16.75 Radio Shack Corp., tubes 17.89 Railway Express Agency, express 2.97 Remington-Rand Inc., cards 26.91 Semple, J. W., heating work 43.55 Shea, William J., postage-post cards 56.50 Shutt, George L., tire repair 294.08 Skuse, Donald, express 75 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto parts .60 Standard Duplicating Machines, duplicating supplies 22.94 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 34.20 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 120.00 Stetson Co., M. D., cleaning supplies 89.41 Sullivan Badge & Name Plate Co., badges 32.50 Thorp & Martin Co., chair & table 28.25 Towhill Co., James T., office supplies 298.55 Waltham Salesbook Co., blocking paper & carbon 128.95 Watch City Upholstery, mattress remade 5.00 Watertown Bindery, binding 9.00 Watertown Sun, printing 1.25 Watertown Square Garage, auto service 1,597.33 Watertown, Town of, metered water 25.05 Wholesale Radio Laboratories, tubes and supplies 233.60 Total Expenditures $10.468.75 Transferred to Revenue 31.25 $10,500.00 Fire Department-Chief's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,000.00 Expenditures McElroy, William C., salary $4,000.00 S Fire Department-Captains' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $10,500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 243 Expenditures Devaney, John J., salary $3,500.00 Gilfoil, George, salary 3,500.00 Murphy, Raymond, salary 3,500.00 $10,500.00 Fire Department—Lieutenants' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $12,800.00 Expenditures Costello, Jerome, salary $3,200.00 Hunter, John, salary 3,200.00 Malomey, Thomas, salary 3,200.00 Quirk, John P., salary 3,200.00 $12,800.00 Fire Department—Mechanician's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Higgins, Edmund, salary $3,000.00 Fire Department—Permanent Men Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $143,000.00 Expenditures Armstrong, Frank H., salary $2,600.00 Barry, William J., salary 2,600.00 Blackburn, Charles, salary 2,600.00 Burgess, Arthur, salary 2,600.00 Bythewood, Daniel H., Jr., salary 2,600.00 Callan, Francis J., salary 235.07 Camosano, Paul A., salary 2,600.00 Clark, William J., salary 2,600.00 Connors, Joseph P., salary 2,600.00 Crowley, James A., salary 2,215.34 Dardis, James, salary 2,386.30 Derick, Earl, salary 2,464.66 Devaney, James F., salary 2,600.00 Donnelly, Bernard P., salary 2,600.00 Dwyer, Paul, salary 2,600.00 Ferris, Martin E., salary 2,464.66 Flanagan, James E., salary 2,600.00 Ford, Edward T., salary 2,015.89 Fournier, Philip D., salary 2,600.00 Gildea, John, salary 2,600.00 Hillier, Samuel, salary 2,600.00 Howard, Charles A., salary 2,540.27 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 244 Ingham, George D., salary 2,600.00 r Joyce, Thomas F., salary 2,600.00 Kelley, Albert P., salary 2,600.00 Kelley, Edward F., salary 2,F00.00 Kimball, J. Allan, salary 584.12 Kirwan, Francis M., salary 2,600.00 Laughrea, Giles, salary 2,660.00 McCarthy, Joseph, salary 2,600.00 McCarthy, William G., salary 2,600.00 McElhiney, Eldon E., salary 2,364.93 McElroy, Robert J., salary 2,208.77 McManus, Frank, salary 2,600.00 McNichols, Peter, salary 2,600.00 Mackin, Walter, salary 2,600.00 Maloney, James J., salary 2,600.00 Maloney, John J., salary 534.25 Maloney Jr., Thomas F., salary 2,600.00 Maloney, Wm. Edward, salary 633.97 Mann, Charles, salary 2,600.00 Mannix, Albert, salary 2,600.00 Mee, Joseph T., salary 2,600.00 Melanson, Ernest J., salary 2,600.00 Merullo, Eugene M., salary 2,600.00 Milmore, Frederick, salary 2,600.00 Milmore, Stephen M., Jr., salary 35.62 Mulvahill, Thomas B., salary 170.95 Murphy, James T., salary 2,600.00 Murphy, Jeremiah, salary 2,600.00 Nielson, Bernard, salary 2,600.00 O'Halloran, Edward J., salary 384.66 O'Reilly, John M., salary 2,600.00 Palmer, Arthur W., salary 1,966.11 Robbins, Benjamin F., salary 2,600.00 Sheehan, Maurice J., salary 2,600.00 Simms, Thomas W., salary 2,600.00 Starr, Walter C., salary 135.34 Thileen, Ralph T., salary 2,536.98 Vahey, John T., salary 2,600.00 Valentino, Albert, salary 2,065.75 Walton, Charles A., salary 135.34 Watson, John B., salary 2,600.00 Whittemore, Carroll, salary 2,600.00 Total Expenditures $142,478.98 Transferred to Revenue 521.02 $143,000.00 Fire Department—Call Alan Salary Appropriation for 1945 $155.00 Expenditures Murphy, James B., salary $155.00 s STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 245 Fire Department—Uniforms Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Batchelder Co., Fred M., uniforms $2,586.45 Leavitt Shirt Mfg. Co., shirts 210.75 Spencer Co. Inc., S. M., badges & plating 108.00 Sullivan Badge & Name Plate Co., badges 92.25 Watertown Chrome Plating Co., chromeplating 2.00 Total Expenditures $2,999.45 Transferred to Revenue .55 $3,000.00 Fire Department—Repairs at Station Appropriation for 1945 $2,693.00 Expenditures Graybar Electric Co., fixtures $318.60 Grote Metal Weather Strip Co., weather stripping 585.00 Johnson Co., J. A., Asphalt tile & Lineoleum 785.00 Overhead Door Sales Co., overhead doors 404.00 Porter Co., William H., remodeling 515.40 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., supplies 85.00 $2,693.00 Fire Department—Chief's Car Appropriation for 1945 $1,6000 Expenditures Newton Auto Sales Co., Inc., car $1,600.00 Fire Department-51obile Radio Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Expenditures Wholesale Radio Laboratories, radio $500.00 Fire Department—Battery Charger Appropriation for 1945 $250.00 Expenditures Standard Auto Gear Co., battery chargers $249.69 Transferred to Revenue .31 $250.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 246 Fire Department-Hose Driers Appropriation for 1945 $790.00 Expenditures Circul-Air-Corp, hose driers $790.00 Fire Department-Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $8,100.00 Expenditures Allen Wales Adding Machine Co., adding machine $121.50 American City Magazine, subscription 2.00 American Fire Equipment Co., fittings 254.17 American-LaFrance Foamite Corp., fireguns 12.50 Andren, J. A., special funnel 4.50 Atlantic Flag Pole Co. Inc., flag 23.01 Baker Co., Frank G., labor - 348.65 Boston Cons Gas. Co., service 34.12 Boston Edison Co., service 690.61 Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 31.77 Buckminster Cq., George H., batteries 37.67 Butler's Pharmacy, supplies 1.25 .Cambridge Hospital, x-rays 18.00 'Cando Co. Inc., metal polish 7.96 Clancy, James T., oil 4.00 Circul Air Corp., freight deducted in error 30.45 Comstock's Home Laundry, A. H., laundry 386.70 ,Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 45.44 `Coombs Motor Co., parts 4.04 Cronin Supply Co., aquastat 7.00 Curran, John W., lettering car-town seal 60.00 Davis Inc., H. G., repair on Ladder Truck 12.87 DeLorenzo, Frank D., repairing rubber boots 1.65 Donovan, William F., services 2700 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 21.50 Eastern Surgical Supply Co., tannic spray 18.51 `Eaton, Leroy S., printing 35.50 Elliott Addressing Machine Co., stencils 2.53 E. & J. Co. of New Eng., coil adapter repaired 2.49 Evans Printing Service, envelopes 24.32 Everett Bros. Inc., express 15.38 Fire Engineering, subscription 10.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 243.06 Flints, cleansers 3.00 Garden City Motor Parts, supplies 40.46 Gatchell Glass Co. Inc., glass 5.21 Gelotte Co., Claus, film 125.71 Goding, Herbert, labor 1.50 Grant's Express, express 1.45 Graybar Electric Co., lamps 35.40 Groom & Co. Inc., Thomas, rubber stamps 3.38 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 247 Hoffman Seal Stamp & Engraving Co., "Notary Public Seal" 7.35 Homelite Corp., Foot spring & conn cap 1.98 Int. Assoc. of Fire Chiefs-membership dues 3.00 Johnson Co., J. A., asphalt tile 94.00 Kendal Paper Co., paper supplies 28.20 Kreem's, office supplies 38.95 Laughrea, Giles, license fee & incidentals and postage 20.00 Lawton-Wing Co., hub and drum 3.98 Leavitt Shirt Mfg. Co., shirts 4.50 Lyman Co., John R., cleaning cloths 53.24 Loring, R. Curtis, lawn mower sharpened 1.75 Lux Fire Equipment Co., recharging 34.00 Mass. Comm of., Division of Blind, mops 10.00 Manifold Supplies Co., supplies 16.50 Mass Gas & Electric Supp. Co., electric supplies 72.30 Massachusetts Reformatory, furniture 242.25 Mass. Motor Car Co., bolts 3.60 Maxim Motor Co., supplies 28.45 McLeod & Moynihan, lumber-screen door 19.63 McCarthy Co., Justin A., White Fire Coats & Helmets-supplies 622.00 McElroy, Master Joseph M., brushes 3.28 McElroy, William C., dues incidentals 32.00 Metcalfe & Co., valve cores 2.80 Midwestern Mfg. Co., cloth bunkers 123.13 Mine Safety Appliance Co., supplies 10.22 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 114.04 Mt. Auburn Motors Inc., auto service 7.50 Munhall Fuel Co., oil 1,365.30 Municipal Year Book, year book 8.50 National Board of Fire Underwriters, fire record book 1.13 National Fire Protection Assoc., dues 20.00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 528.14 Newton Auto Sales Inc., auto repair 260.05 Newton Motor Sales Co., headlamp assembly 4.00 Newton Shade & Screen Co., venetian blinds 117.00 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 3.60 Overhead Door Sales Co., repairing 6.00 Porter Co., William H., repairs 123.79 Postindex Co., "salmon" blanks 3.58 Prominent Specialty Co., "Congran" 12.50 Puritan Compressed Gas Corp., masks refilled 86.11 Railway Express Agency, express 1.38 Raphael Co., E. A., overhauling typewriter 10.50 Reformatory for Women, sheets 127.44 Shutt, George L., supplies 30.55 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., gas 519.22 Spencer Mfg. Co., S. M., rubber stamp 1.91 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto parts 16.66 State Prison Colony Industries, brushes 57.12 Standard Duplicating Machines Corp., supplies 2.02 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 13.20 Stetson Co. M. D., cleaning supplies 45.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 248 Sullivan Badge & Name Plate Co., badges 33.50 Varley, E. J., trucking 1.00 Wahn Co., George H., electrical supplies 14.00 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint .80 Watertown, Town of, metered water 80.70 Watertown Auto Parts, auto parts 8.65 Watertown Chrome Plating Co., chrome plating 15.80 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 6.73 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 15.70 Watertown Square Garage, inspections 5.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 5.75 Watertown Upholstering Co., remaking mattresses 70.00 Watertown Welding Co., welding 8.00 Winter Co., P. R., snow pushers 7.14 Worcester, Mrs. R. H., inspections 10.00 Y & E Sales Corp., cabinets—folders 30.68 York M.D. Roberts, services 5.00 Total Expenditures $8,098.46 Transferred to Revenue 1.54 $8,100.00 Inspector of Buildings Department Inspector's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,800.00 Expenditures Perkins, Elias A., salary $3,800.00 Inspector of Buildings—Clerk's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $370.00 Expenditures Ford, Katherine M., salary $370.00 Inspector of Buildings—Transportation Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Perkins, Elias A., use of car $300.00 Inspector" of Buildings—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $100.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 249 Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., cabinet $66.70 Blake & Rebhan Co., desk set 2.94 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 17.50 Watertown Bindery, binding 6.86 Total Expenditures $94.00 Transferred to Revenue 6.00 $100.00 Weights & Measures Department Salary of Sealer Appropriation for 1945 $2,600.00 Expenditures A'Hearn, J. Frank, salary $2,600.00 Weights & Measures—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $400.00 Expenditures A'Hearn, J. Frank, stamps & registering car $3.50 Chapsky, Mrs. Stanley, garage—oil 61.50 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 7.20 Firestone Stores, seat covers 8.45 Gurley, W & L., instrument 2.28 Hobbs & Warren, supplies 8.32 Leon & Hayes, dies 26.20 Meister, O. J., repairing hinge on door 5.00 Moody Inc., Edward G., nozzle & tube 11.74 Mooney Card Shop, calendar pad 2.16 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tire repair 13.91 Robinson Seal Co., seals and books 16.52 Scale Journal, subscription 2.00 Scott, Ernest D., insurance 6.00 Texaco Super Service Station, gas 207.46 Waltham Paper Products-Co., paper products 4.24 Watertown Sun, advertising 8.00 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 5.00 Total Expenditures $399.98 Transferred to Revenue .02 $400.00 Gypsy & B. T. Moth Department Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1945 $1,200.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 250 Expenditures Ford, John C., salary $1,200.00 Gypsy & B. T. Moth Department—Salary of Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $575.00 Expenditures Ford, Katherine M., salary $575.00 Gypsy & B. T. Moth Department—Maintenance Supplies Appropriation for 1945 $890.00 Expenditures Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies $4.35 Farm Bureau Association, spray 54.70 Fitzhenry-Guptill Co., leather packing 8.59 Ford, John C., incidentals 10.00 Frost Insecticides Co., parts—spray supplies 362.22 Greene Rubber Co., work gloves 6.00 Middlesex Farm Bureau Ass'n, fertilizer 1.80 Mooney Card Shop, envelopes .80 O'Connor, John T., use of car—record book 79.25 Penn Oil Co., gas 34.30 Proctor, S. E. & R. C., supplies 128.47 Quirk & Co., Edward S., tube vulcanized 2.00 Schmalze Mfg. Co., Alfred, arsenate of lead 182.48 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto parts 10.45 Total Expenditures $885.41 Transferred to Revenue 4.59 $890.00 Gypsy & B. T. Moth—Maintenance—Labor Appropriation for 1945 $2,556.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $2,526.82 Transferred to Revenue 29.18 $2,556.00 Gypsy & B. T.—Elm Leaf Beetle—Labor Appropriation for 1945 $1,065.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $1,062.13 Transferred to Revenue 2.87 $1,065.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION • 251 Gypsy & B. T.—Elm Leaf Beetle—Supplies Appropriation for 1945 $52.50 • Expenditures O'Connor, John T., use of car $30.00 Penn Oil Co., gas 22.45 Total Expenditures $52.45 Transferred to Revenue .05 $52.50 Tree Warden Department Tree 'Warden—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1,100.00 Expenditures Ford, John C., salary $1.100.00 Tree Warden Department Salary of Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Ford, Katherine M., salary $300.00 Tree Warden Department—iVlaintenance—E,.pense Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Expenditures A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., auto repair $8.43 Adams Stationery Co., office supplies 5.50 Bartlett Tree Expert Co., F. A,, tree food 33.75 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies .85 Comeau, Wm. J., auto service 2.75 Community Garage, inspection service 6.50 DeFloris Bros., removal of tree 75.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 7.50 Ford, John C., incidentals 10.00 Green & Co., S. B., cement .75 McCree, John, tackle—falls & rope 15.00 Middlesex Chemical Co., "Bondite" 12.50 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies .30 " New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 2.10 O'Connor, John T., use of car 258.00 Penn Oil Co., gas 38.37 Postmaster—Boston, postage 5.00 • STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 252 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tube repair 6.00 Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 2.00 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto supplies 4.61 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 4.00 Total Expenditures $498.91 Transferred to Revenue 1.09 $500.00 Tree Warden Department—New Trees Appropriation for 1945 $585.00 Expenditures Bianco, Edward A., use of land $20.00 Fish & Co., Charles R., trees 495.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 1.05 Penn Oil Co., gas 3.23 Triconi, S., loam 50.00 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 14.50 Total Expenditures $583.78 Transferred to Revenue 1.22 $585.00 Tree Warden Department—Maintenance—Labor Appropriation for 1945 $5,984.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $5,932.46 Transferred to Revenue 51.54 $5,984.00 Poles & Wires Department Salary of Inspector Appropriation for 1945 $4,000.00 Expenditures Landry, Leo, salary $4,000.00 Poles & Wires Department—Salary of Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $735.00 Expenditures Ford, Katherine M., salary $735.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 253 Poles & Wires Department-Extra Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $250.00 Expenditures Coffey, Agnes S., salary $215.00 Landry, Jeanne K., salary 15.00 Total Expenditures $230.00 Transferred to Revenue 20.00 $250.00 Poles & Wires Department-Maintenance-Labor Appropriation for 1945 $22,300.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $20,760.00 Transferred to Revenue 1,540.00 $22,300.00 Poles & Wires Department-Maintenance-ill Appropriation for 1945 $2,500.00 Expenditures Aircraft-Marine Products Co., kit $6.21 Bahn Co., L., metal letters & figures 5.20 Blake & Rebhan Co., desk set 2.94 Boston Edison Co., service 386.89 Boston Elevated Railway, license to make attachments to poles 5.00 Eastern Section I. A. E. I., membership 3.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 21.55 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 20.96 Gamewell Co., parts-signal system 351.21 Graybar Electric Co., electric supplies 175.92 Landry, Alfred, insurance 52.00 Landry, Leo P., garage 89.26 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 170.31 Mobecco Inc., Cathode-lighting equipment 289.80 Mohawk Pete, gas 385.37 M. E. I. Association, dues 2.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 22.80 New Eng. Electrical News, subscription 3.00 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 49.73 New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 2.45 New Eng. Section I. M. S. A., dues 5.00 Penn Oil Co., gas 80.39 Postmaster-Boston, postage 10.00 Registrar of Motor Vehicles, registering 4.00 Shutt, George L., tires 89.53 Simplex Wire & Cable -Co., wire 86.28 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 254 Standard Maintenance -Co., ribbon—typewriter ! maintenance 14.00 State Examiners of Electricians, renewal 16.00 Stetson Co., M. D., dust cloths 35.56 Summer St. Garage, auto service 29.35 U-C-Lite Mfg. Co., battery 3.56 Vahey, Ambrose, use of car 19.00 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 21.84 Watertown Letter, Shop, forms 11.50 Total Expenditures $2,471.61 Transferred to Revenue 28.39 $2,500.00 Poles & Wires Department—Transportation Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Vahey, David J., use of car $300.00 Poles & Wires Department-10 Fire Boxes & Installing Balance brought forward $768.17 Expenditures Simplex Wire & Cable Co., cable $158.70 Balance carried forward 609.47 $768.17 Poles & Wires Department—New Construction Appropriation for 1945 $4,400.00 Expenditures Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware $2.01 Gamewell Co., pedestal 871.38 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., electric lights 269.43 Municipal Sig. & Supply Co., housings—supplies 1,001.96 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 14.20 Simplex Wire & Cable Co., alarm cable 2,130.90 Total Expenditures $4,289.88 Transferred to Revenue 150.12 $4,440.00 Dog Officer—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Expenditures Clark, Guy P., salary $333.33 Thayer, Samuel G., salary 166.67 $500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE ]FIRE PREVENTION 255 • Dog Officer Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $800.00 Transferred Town Meeting 100.00 $900.00 Expenditures Clark, Guy P., removing and destroying animals $647.80 Fox Drug Store, supplies 3.20 Graybar Electric Co., electric heaters 28.60 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 1.32 Old Trusty Dog Food Co., dog food 7.04 Thayer, Samuel G., removing dead animals, supplies 212.04 $900.00 HEALTH AND SANITATION Health Department Health Officer's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $4,000.00 Expenditures Colbert. John A., salary S4.000.00 Health Department—Milk Inspector Appropriation for 1945 $800.00 Expenditures Burke, Arthur E., salary $800.00 Health Department—Principal Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1.980.00 Expenditures Farnham, Alice H., salary $1.980,00 Health Department—Nurses Appropriation for 1945 $4,400.00 Expenditures Drummey, Irene K., salary $2,200.00 Vahey, Rita L., salary 2,200.00 $4,400.00 • STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 256 Health Department-Contagious Diseases Appropriation for 1945 $20,000.00 Expenditures Cambridge Hospital, x-ray & tests-care $198.05 Canzanelli, M. D., Pericles, services 124.98 Costa Ambulance Coach Service, ambulance 100.00 Dunn Drug Store, supplies 15.09 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 91.38 Fleming, M. D., Frank J., services 14.00 Gorman, M. D., Eugene F., services 28.00 Horne & Co., H. S., supplies 17.77 Hubbard Drug Co., F. A., supplies 24.00 Hughes, Joan, loss of pay 42.00 Jameson, M. D., James J., services 14.00 Jakeman, M. D., Harry W., services 120.00 Jerome Press, printing 7.86 Lakeville State Sanatorium, care 184.00 Massachusetts General Hospital, care 367.30 Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, care 1,728.53 Mastrangelo, M. D., Louis, services 28.00 McGinnis, M. D., George H., services 14.00 MacGregor Instrument Co., instruments 16.89 Middlesex County Sanatorium Store, glasses 6.50 Middlesex County Sanatorium, care 8,365.50 North Reading State Sanatorium, care 175.00 Parquette Folding Chair Co., tables-rental 4.00 Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, care 409.07 Pitman-Moore Co., vaccine 189.20 Rutland State Sanatorium, care 394.50 Slattery, M. D., John J., services 389.02 Various persons, handling of dogs at Rabies Clinic 64.00 Wadden, M. D., Joseph M., services 20.00 Waltham Ambulance Service, ambulance 80.80 Waltham Hospital, care 1,620.33 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 36.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 31.50 York, M. D., Robert S., services 42.00 Total Expenditures $14,963.27 Transferred to Revenue 5,036.73 $20,000.00 Health Department-Mosquito Control Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Town's share $2,000.00 Health Department-Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $1,400.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 257 Expenditures Alger Oil Co., gas $182.01 American Medical Association, subscription 6.00 Central Scientific Co., supplies 4.34 Chapin Medical Supply Co., germicide 7.07 Cherry-Burrell Corp., chemicals 5.00 Colbert, John A., garage 60.00 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 9.00 Coolidge Square Service Station, gas 60.13 Difco Laboratories, supplies 4.00 Dunn Drug Store, supplies 31.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 73.92 Farnham, Alice H., petty cash 58.21 Feeley's Auto Servicenter, gas & repairs 232.61 Fraser Inc., E. W., express 1.44 Gilchrist's, supplies 11.94 Hallinan, Edward D., heating work on autoclave 67.50 Heffernan, John E., insurance 116.00 Hobbs & Warren, forms, license books 19.80 Horne & Co., H. S., steel drawers 41.45 Martin Garage, service 8.00 Mass. Agriculture Experiment Station, inspection 2.00 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supply Co., supplies 3.95 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 31.25 Mt. Auburn Motors, auto service 132.48 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto supplies 2.99 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 14.60 Treasurer of the U. S. A., rubber tires 113.16 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise Co., advertising 7.75 Waverley Avenue Auto Service, auto service 4.00 Williams, E. S., gas 50.78 Total Expenditures $1,362.38 Transferred to Revenue 37.62 $1,400.00 Health Department-Baby Clinic Appropriation for 1945 $425.00 Expenditures G. & S. Paper Co., tray mats $23.30 Kelley, M. D., Edward J., services 50.00 Silverstein, M. D., Louis B., services 50.00 Total Expenditures $123.30 Transferred to Revenue 301.70 $425.00 Health Department-Dental Clinic Appropriation for 1945 $3,550.00 s STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 258 Expenditures Brown, D. M. D., John B., x-ray—services $902.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 14.00 Garfield Dental Supply Co., supplies 10.00 Heinecke, Grace, salary 1,600.00 Reynolds Sons Co., S. H., burrs—supplies 57.20 Zelemyer DMD, Max., services 900.00 Total Expenditures $3,483.20 Transferred to Revenue 66.80 $3,550.00 Inspector of Plumbing—Salary of Inspector Appropriation for 1945 $3,500.00 Expenditures Maurer, Edward L., salary $3,500.00 Inspector of Plumbing—Auto Expense Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Maurer, Edward L., use of car $300.00 Inspector of Plumbing—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $250.00 Expenditures Construction Machinery Repair Service, welding $2.00 Domestic Engineering Publications, renewal 5.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 45.38 Gibbs Express Co., express .35 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 8.06 Maurer, Edward L., dues—licenses 11.50 Pascoe Co., George T., forms 45.15 Railway Express Agency, express .47 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., services 6.00 Total Expenditures $123.91 Transferred to Revenue 126.09 $250.00 Inspector of Cattle (Town Veterinarian) Appropriation for 1945 $600.00 Expenditures Jakeman VMD, Harry W., salary $600.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION - 259 r Sewer Department-Construction Transferred from Reserve Fund $900.00 Transferred Town Meeting 325.00 $1,225.00 Expenditures Clematis Brook Sand & Gravel Co., rental backhoe $384.51 Green & Co., S. B., brick-cement 100.33 Pizzano, A., building man-holes 30.00 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 303.68 Robinson Clay Products Co., fittings 1.78 White Iron Works, C. M., man-hole covers and frames 66.00 Total Expenditures $886.30 Transferred to Revenue 338.70 $1,225.00 Sewer Department-Maintenance Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Transferred Town Meeting 1,325.00 $1,825.00 Expenditures American Oil Products Co., concrete $23.45 Barclay Chemical Co., chemicals 6.28 Clematis Brook Sand & Gravel Co., Rental backhoe 265.00 Garden City Gravel Co., sand 26.37 Golden, Hugh, splicing rope 2.00 Green Co., S. B., cement 55.61 Hood Rubber Co., gloves 22.07 McDermott Co., J. F., root cutters-tools 475.47 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 18.10 Metcalf & Eddy, service 100.00 Motor Supply Co., belt 1.20 Nonantum Lumber Cn., lumber 375.65 Olmsted-Flint Corp., belts 2.24 Parker-Danner Co., "Puroseal" 39.20 Portland Stone Ware Co., Dipe 162.48 Robinson Clay Products Co., reducer-supplies 8.31 Sliney, John J., gravel 5.41 Stuart &Son Co., T., rental of pump 236.59 Systrom Co., E. W., sheathing driver-"Novo" Pump 514.80 Tocci, Edmund G., building man-hole 10.00 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Supply Co., plugs 3.80 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 260 White Iron Works, C. M., catch basin grate & frame 22.00 Total Expenditures $2,376.03 Overdraft 551.03 $1,825.00 Authorized by Emergency Vote by Selectmen Sewer Department—Short Extensions Appropriation for 1945 $100.00 Expenditures White Iron Works, catch basin—manhole covers & frames $66.00 Greene & Co., S. B., cement 8.82 Pizzano, Ambrose 20.00 Total Expenditures $94.82 Transferred to Revenue 5.18 $100.00 Drainage Appropriation for 1945 $1,000.00 Refund 8.55 $1,008.55 Expenditures Boston & Maine R. R. Co., drain pipe privilege $12.00 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 34.37 Green & Co., S. B., bricks—Cement—wood fibre 356.89 Highland Sand & Gravel Co., gravel 8.55 Mass Broken Stone Co., stone 23.40 Pizzano, Ambrose, building manholes 150.00 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 21.17 Robinson Clay Products Co., fittings 13.54 Sliney, John J., gravel 57.25 White Iron Works, C. M., catch basin— grates & frames 220.00 Total Expenditures $897.17 Transferred to Revenue 111.38 $1,008.55 Grove Street Drain Transferred from Reserve Fund $1,300.00 Expenditures Boston & Maine R. R. Co., expense incurred in protecting track $39.37 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 8.15 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 261 Green & Co., Inc., S. B., brick—cement 59.47 New Eng Concrete Pipe Corp., pipe 317.33 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 310.19 Portland Stone Ware Co., pipe 19.69 Robinson Clay Products Co., pipe 3.39 Tocci, Edmund G., manholes 22.00 Total Expenditures $779.59 Balance carried forward 520.41 $1,300.00 CARE & LIGHTING OF HIGHWAYS Highway Department Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1945 $4,500.00 Expenditures Dwyer, Thomas V., salary $4,500.00 Highway Department—Salary of Asst. Superintendent Appropriation for 1945 $3,500.00 Expenditures Johnston, E. H., salary $3,500.00 Highway Department—Salary of Principal Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Regan, Esther, salary S1,980:30 Highway Department—Salary of Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Flaherty, Marie, salary $669.17 Slavin, Frances E., salary 950.83 $1,620.00 Highway Department—Office Expense Appropriation for 1945 $300.06 • STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 262 Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., office supplies $9.50 American Public Works Ass'n, binder 1.00 Blake & Rebhan Co., duplicator supplies 7.66 Coordinatora Corp., record pads 19.00 Copley Chemical Co., office supplies 12.00 Dwyer, Thomas V., incidentals 19.00 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 7.72 Hughes, James F., printing 92.75 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 38.83 Municipal Year Book, year book 8.50 Postiridex Co., supplies 37.45 Remington Rand Inc., service—ribbon 3.75 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 18.60 Watertown Letter Shop, printing 9.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 11.00 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 4.00 Total Expenditures $299.76 Transferred to Revenue .24 $300.00 Highway Department—Labor Appropriation for 1945 $254,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 120.00 $253,880.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $246,205.74 Transferred to Revenue 7,674.26 $253,880.00 Highway Department—Overtime Appropriation for 1945 $10,000.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $9,756.16 Transferred to Revenue 243.84 $10,000.00 Highway Department—Vacations Appropriation for 1945 $9,600.00 e Transferred from Reserve 500.00 Transferred Town Meeting 120.00 $10,220.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 263 Expenditures Pay-roll, vacations $9,984.40 Transferred to Revenue 235.60 $10,220.00 s Highway Department-51aintenance Appropriation for 1945 $30,000.00 Expenditures Ace Upholstering Co., repair upholstering $5.00 Acme Chemical & Supply Co., chemicals 97.00 Adley Express Co., express 7.57 Alemite Co. of Boston, alemite 23.26 A & J Auto Ignition Co., auto service 228.11 American Bitumuls Co., bitumuls 460.37 American Bldg Wrecking Co. Inc., pipe 28.62 American Oil Products Co., concrete $1,848.64 Amer. Public Works Ass'n, membership 10.00 Atlantic Flag Pole Co., fittings 21.50 Autocar Sales & Service Co., parts 12.19 Baker Co., Frank G., repair to stove 22.65 Beacon Auto Radiator Co., radiator service 115.50 Boccadoro, Joseph, fittings 19.87 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 45.44 Boston Coupling Co., couplings 18.31 Boston Edison Co., service 983.51 Boston Filter Co., filter service 84.00 Boston Janitors Supply Co., janitors supplies 222.66 Boston & Maine R. R., freight 164.84 Brookline Auto Body Repair Co., repair 12.00 Brown, Charles Jewell, milorganite 39.50 Buffalo Springfield Roller Co., parts 27.05 Cashin Co., W. D., coupling inserts 3.08 Cavaliere, Angelo, dump hook 2.50 Chard Motors Inc., repair damage to car 21.25 Chesterton Co., A. W., boiler repair 222.75 Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., gaskets 1.25 Children's Shop, red cloth 5.90 Cities Service Oil Co., fittings 12.20 Clyde Everett Equipment Co., parts 29.88 Congress Steel Co., steel 724.00 Coolidge Printing Co., books 27.25 Coombs Motor Co., motor parts 544.35 Coombs & McBeath Inc., part .29 Connell Co., W. J., auto parts 9.19 Coordinator Corp., truck record pads 19.00 Dance Co. Inc., gaskets & retainers 3.96 Da.rdis, J. F., installing sump pump 59.00 DeLuxe Filter & Piston Co., parts 22.66 ' Deming, Asa C., & Milton C. Ford, repair 38.40 Department of Commerce, tires 94.30 Department of Correction, State Prison, traffic signs 36.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 264 Dinn & Co., P. J., grille windows 27C50 : Dishian, Nazar, red cloth 2.50 Duff Spring Co., repair springs 15.79 Dunn Co. W. J., repair tools 2.25 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 1.50 Dwyer, Thomas V., insurance on auto-incidentals 72.50 Dyer Bros., battery 11.50 Eastern Asphalt Dist. Co., asphalt 257.38 Easton, Leroy S., printing 33.12 Elliott, Harold E., glasses 6.00 Ellis Inc., lenses 1.27 Ellis, Everett T., filing 8.50 Empire Electrical Co., parts .40 Federal National Linen Service Co., linen frocks 78.00 Firestone Stores, chains 9.40 Fletcher Hardware Co., hardware 717.25 Freaney, James A., rental of catch basin machine 312.74 Garage & Auto Supply Co., No. 49 Compound 32.50 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 21.79 Garden City Motor Parts, parts 556.08 Garchell Glass Co., glass 58.05 General Motors Corp., motor repair 208.86 General Motors Truck Co., parts 138.78 General Wiper Supply Co., wipers 35.00 Giant Battery Service, exide battery 30.71 Globe Hoist Co., pumping unit 150.00 Grant's Express, express 2.75 Green & Co., S. B., cement 65.41 Harvey & Co., Arthur C., steel 39.88 Hawes Electric Co., parts 10.47 Hawkins & Sons Co., H. H., repairs to Bridge Street bridge 1,607.00 Heil Co., parts 37.41 Henley-Kimball Co., parts 5.10 Hodge Boiler Works, supplies 13.00 Hoover Motors Inc., repair 249.45 Hunt-Marquardt Inc., auto supplies 924.91 Hunter Co., Inc., J. B., card holders 7.01 International Salt Co., salt 240.00 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 282.03 Lawn Mower Grinding Co., mower grinding 7.80 Lawrence Inc., George, auto repair 19.60 LeFavor, George E., insurance 116.00 Linde Air Products Co., refill 2.75 Loper, Trucking Co., trucking 19.78 Lux Fire Equipment Co., recharging 80.20 Mackenzie Motor Sales Inc., motor parts .72 Mack Motor Truck Co., motor truck repair 423.16 Martin's Garage, gas 6.31 Mass. Broken Stone Co., concrete 786.44 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Co., supplies 22.01 Mass. Highway Ass'n., dues 3.00 Mass. Motor Car Co., parts 17.74 McCarthy Co., Inc., Charles J., wheels 28.47 McCree, John, tools-services 145.00 • STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 265 McDonald's Express, express 1.84 McNamara, Inc., J. H., concrete 365.55 McVey, T. H., curbing 146.00 Meister, O. J., welding 71.50 31 Mine Safety Appliance Co., leather safety belt 10.99 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 8.35 Motor Supply Co., supplies 1.80 Moulton Ladder Mfg. Co., ladder 11.81 Mt. Auburn Motors, repair 16.94 Mt. Auburn Paint & Wall Paper Co., supplies 7.64 Moye Chevrolet Co., motor parts 296.06 Munhall Fuel Co., oil 2,121.35 New England Saw Co.,. filing 4.90 New Eng. Toro Co., repair lawn mower 19.50 New Eng. Transportation Co., transportation .98 Newton Auto Radiator Service, repair 29.50 Newton Used Car & Parts Co., repair 2.00 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 593.85 Packard Motor Car Co., motor repair 130.80 Penn Oil Co., gas 1,789.40 Pizzano, A., building man-hole 10.00 Pratt Equipment Co., straighten bucket & body & bucket arm 260.87 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tube service 2,370.23 Railway Express Agency, express .41 Registrar of Motor Vehicles, registering 72.00 Rideout, E. B., Meteorological reports 40.00 Roble Inc., R. S., car rental 116.26 Robley, G. H., use of car 25.00 Roeblings Sons Co., John A., steel 10.35 Robinson Clay Products Co., clay products 4.54 Savem Products Co., calcium chloride 314.21 Shapiro Co., Inc., David, corr. matting 12.96 Shutt, George L., batteries 89A7 Silver Lake Repair Shop, parts 1.31 Silver Welding Supplies, goggles-supplies 29.82 Sliney, John J., gravel 427.30 r Snap-On-Tools, parts 26.35 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto parts 1,034.39 Standard Chemical Co., "Kil Sludg" 23.76 Stearns Perry & Smith Co., motor 15.83 Stolle, Franke, pouring spouts 24.00 Stonhard, "Stonpach" 83.16 Sullivan & Son, James H., oil 90.95 Summer St. Garage, auto service 16.20 Swartz Hardware, flashlights 5.78 Systrom Co., E. W., paving breakers 650.60 Texaco Super Service Station, gas 43.24 Tocci, Edmund G., laid flagstone 30.00 Traffic & Road Equipment-Co., power brooms- drag frame 347.60 United Autographic Register Co., supplies 50.45 Wagner Electric Co., supplies 1.08 Waltham Automotive Corp., repair 8.33 Warren Bros. Roads Co., asphalt 61.69 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 372.70 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENNTION 266- Watertown Herald, advertising • 15.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 4.90 ' • Watertown Tribune-Enterprise Co., advertising 15.00 Watertown Welding & Construction Co., welding 58.00 Welders Supply Co., cylinders—oxygen 96.95 White Iron Works, C. M., man-hole covers 285.20 ' Wholesale Radio Laboratories, electrical equipment 220.54 Windsor Co., wipers 20.48 Worcester & Co., J. R., Inspection of Bridge Street Bridge & Sidewalk 30.00 Wright Trucking Inc., trucking 4.12 Total Expenditures $27,626.36 Transferred to Revenue 2,373.64 $30,000.00 Highway Department—Construction Appropriation for 1945 $4,100.00 Expenditures American Oil Products Co., concrete $2,338.64 Clematis Brook Sand & Gravel Co., shovel rental 380.00 Eastern Asphalt Distributing Co., asphalt 158.47 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 25.03 National Contractors Co., rental spreader 325.00 Sliney, John J., gravel 865.09 Total Expenditures $4,092.23 Transferred to Revenue 7.77 $4,100.00 Highway Department—Chapter 90 Appropriation for 1945 $900.00 Received from State 900.00 Received from County 900.00 $2,700.00 Expenditures Eastern Asphalt Dist. Co., asphalt $891.88 Mass. Broken Stone Co., stone—rental of spreader 1,803.93 Total Expenditures $2,695.81 Transferred to Revenue 4.19 $2,700.00 Highway Department—Snow & Ice Materials Appropriation for 1945 $7,700.00 Expenditures A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., cap $2.47 Atlantic Salt Co., salt 848.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 267 B & A Diner, lunches 34.00 Barber-Greene Co., strips (wearing) 62.66 Boston & Maine R. R., freight 324.80 Burns, Mrs. K. L., damage to hedge 5.00 Chase-Parker & Co., Inc., supplies 577.59 Conant Machine & Steel Co., machine supplies 74.65 Dance Co. Inc., parts 4.35 Davis Tractor Co., H. F., parts 803.13 Duff Spring Co.. rebuild & assemble spring 33.75 Eastern Salt Co., salt 90.00 Farrington, Nora, damage to hedge 5.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., shovels 235.50 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand 1,290.30 Garden City Motor Parts, chains 77.23 International Salt Co., salt 480.00 Meister, O. J., welding 80.00 Penn Oil Co., gas 1,522.36 Piccolo's Pharmacy, lunches 39.00 Proctor, S. E. & R. C., pick and handles 22.11 Savem Products Co., calcium chloride 156.46 Shell Oil Co., repairs to gas pump 56.67 Standard Auto Gear Co., chains 173.80 Systrom Co., E. W., plow parts-supplies 5,678.46 Triconi, S., shovel rental 1,023.24 Watertown Welding & Construction Co., welding 61.40 Wood Co., Charles N., sand spreader repair 671.70 Total Expenditures $14,433.63 Overdraft 6,733.63 $7,700.00 Authorized by Emergency Vote of Selectmen Highway Department-Snow & Iee Overtime & Trucking Appropriation for 1945 $16,460.00 Expenditures Burns, J., plowing & removal of snow $83.00 Carbone, John, trucking 135.00 Cavalan & Sons, Louis, labor 396.00 Crowley, Thomas L., removal of snow by truck 212.50 English, Samuel, hauling snow 113.75 Folino, Tony, hauling snow. 132.00 Livoli, Louis, trucking 101.75 Manzelli, Martin, hauling & plowing snow 120.86 McNamara Inc., J. H., dump trucks 314.88 Mollica, Angelo, hauling & plowing snow 1,097.58 Pay-rolls, weekly 20,652.48 Poillucci, Rocco, truck rental 49.50 Raymond, D. B., hauling snow 73.50 Sliney, John J., plowing & trucking 7,322.13 Sylvester, E. A., truck rental 24.75 Triconi, S., bulldozer-shovel rental 1,588.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 268 Vacca Trucking, snow removal 413.88 Vrock, Rocco, snow removal 30.00 Worthington Co., H. N., rental of Bulldozer with operator 87.00 Wyner & Co., Gil, snow plowing service 108.00 Total Expenditures $33,057.06 Overdraft 16,597.06 $16,460.00 Authorized by Emergency Vote of Selectmen Highway Department—Ashes & Papers Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures McNamara Inc., J. H., use of bulldozer $310.00 Milmore, F. J., lettering 8.00 Penn Oil Co., gas 1,409.24 Triccni, S., bulldozer on dump 200.00 Watertown Letter Shop, notices 61.00 Total Expenditures $1,988.24 Transferred to Revenue 11.76 $2,000.00 Highway Department—Garbage Disposal Appropriation for 1945 $1,500.00 Expenditures Marken & Co., Anthony, reimbursement $6.00 Penn Oil Co., gas 1,259.01 State Prison Colony, garbage cans 120.00 Watertown Letter Shop, collection tickets 27.00 Total Expenditures $1,412.01 Transferred to Revenue 87.99 $1,500.00 Highway Department—Bigelow & Nichols Ave. Balance brought forward $11,000.00 Expenditures Eureka Cement Lined Pipe Co., pipe $67.62 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves 26.09 Sumner & Dunbar, service boxes 14.70 Total Expenditures $108.41 Transferred to Revenue 10,891.59 $11,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 269 Highway Department--Main•& Myrtle Traffic Signals Balance brought forward $152.814 Expenditures Municipal Signal & Supply Co., traffic signal S40.80 Transferred to Revenue 112.04 $152.84 Highway Department—Catch Basin & Sewer Cleaning Machine Balance brought forward $6,013.32 Expenditures Elgin Sweeper Co., eductor $5,998.73 Transferred to Revenue 14.59 $6,013.32 Highway Department—Garbage Truck Appropriation for 1945 $4.500.00 . Expenditures Mack Motor Truck Co., truck $2,887.00 Balance carried forward 1,613.00 $4,500.00 Highway Department—Motor Pick Up Sweeper Appropriation for 1945 $7.040.00 Expenditures Dyar Sales & Machinery Co., street sweeper $3,900.00 Transferred to Revenue 3,140.00 $7,040.00 Highway Department—Grove Street Bridge Transferred from Reserve Fund $2,.500.00 Expenditures Hawkins & Sons Co., H. H., repairs $2,351.22 Transferred to Revenue 148.78 $2,500.00 Highway Department—Sidewalks Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 270 Expenditures American Oil Products Co., concrete $183.37 Fletcher Hdwe Co., lawn seed 20.00 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 202.77 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 30.79 Sliney, John J., gravel 43.28 State Prison Colony, guard posts 11.70 Total Expenditures $491.91 Transferred to Revenue 8.09 $500.00 Highway Department—Sidewalks Maintenance Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures American Oil Products Co., concrete $1,258.76 Brown, Charles Jewell, hedge plants 15.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., lampblack—supplies 79.05 Garden City Gravel Corp., sand—stone 29.14 Green & Co. Inc., S. B., cement 274.80 Mass. Broken Stone Co., dust 19.96 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 292.04 McVey, T. H., curbing 412.21 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 70.03 Sliney, John J., gravel 190.65 Stuart & Son Co., T., rental air compressor 43.50 Tocci, Edmund G., rebuild wall 41.40 Triconi, S., loam 265.00 Total Expenditures $2,991.54 Transferred to Revenue 8.46 $3,000.00 Street Lights Appropriation for 1945 $49,585.84 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., service $48,307.28 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., paint 19.30 Buro Test Corp., lamps 91.20 Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies .62 Gamewell Co., police box locks 39.42 General Electric Co., repairs 18.45 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., lamps 56.77 Municipal Signal & Supply Co., supplies 281.13 Total Expenditures $48,814.17 Transferred to Revenue 771.67 $49,585.84 STUDY AND PRACTICE TIRE PREVENTION 271 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Public Welfare—Senior Clerk—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Dooley, Mrs. Lena, .salary $1,385.95 Transferred to Revenue 234.05 $1,620.00 Public Welfare—Senior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Hagman, Claudia D'Onofrio, salary $391.34 Sullivan, Lillian, salary 586.90 Total Expenditures $978.24 Transferred to Revenue 641.76 $1,620.00 Public Welfare—Junior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,380.00 Expenditures Hagman, Claudia D'Onofrio, salary $593.32 Mooney, Margaret A., salary 578.50 Total Expenditures $1,171.82 Transferred to Revenue 208.18 $1,380.00 Public Welfare—Junior Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $1,320.00 Expenditures Kelley, E. Lillian, salary $1,320.00 Public Welfare—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Refund 30.00 $2,030.00 Expenditures American Public Welfare Assoc., membership $10.00 Atwell Ediphone Service, service—machine 389.31 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 272 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 165.25 Copley Chemical Co., office supplies 24.75 Cram, M. Catherine, use of car-expenses meetings 44.00 Forbush, Elsie, use of car-expenses meetings 163.92 Gass, Elizabeth, use of car-expenses meetings 78.84 Greater Boston Community Council, social service index 92.25 Horne & Co., H. S., office supplies 33.48 Hyde, Joseph E., auto expense-expenses meetings 155.66 International University Press, book 2.54 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 12.27 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 54.70 Murray, Joseph F., auto expense-expenses meetings 160.56 National Cash Register Co., ribbon .75 Postmaster-Boston, stamped envelopes-postage 286.92 Postindex Co., forms 30.33 Russell Sage Foundation, year book 2.54 Spergiuro, Michael, auto expense-expenses meetings 156.80 Standard Maintenance Co., maintenance typewriters 76.60 Survey Associates Inc., books 5.75 White, Peter J., changing partition 80.50 Total Expenditures $2,027.72 Transferred to Revenue 2.28 $2,030.00 Public Welfare-Outside Aid Appropriation for 1945 $30,000.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 2,929.38 Refunds 381.75 $38,311.13 Expenditures Arlington, Town of, aid $138.00 Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., groceries 27.30 Baratta's Shoe Repairing Co., shoe repairing 18.75 Boston, City of, aid 50.60 Butler's Pharmacy, prescriptions 216.91 C^mbridge, City of, care-aid 60.00 Cambridge City Hospital, care 80.00 C^mbridge Hospital, care 1,629.40 Canzanelli, Dr. Pericles, services 18.00 Carey Nursing Home, care 38.60 Carrabis, Mrs. Pauline, rent 300.00 Cash, weekly disbursements 23,505.84 Chandler's, Cora, alterations 9.00 Children's Shop, clothes 17.90 Chopourian, H. M., D. M. D., services 65.00 Ciani, Manfred M., D. M. D., services 63.00 Cleary Drug Co., supplies 2.50 Connolly, Dr. John, services 68.00 Conti, Domenic, rent 192.00 Costa Ambulance Coach Service, ambulance 15.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 273 Costa, G. W., prescriptions 27.39 Diliberto's Market, groceries 12.00 DiPasquale Store, groceries 5.00 Donovan, Dr. William, eyeglasses 184.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 183.45 Economy Grocery Stores Corp., groceries 169.35 Case Shoe Co., Edwin, shoes 9.75 Egleston's Shoe Repair, repair 11.75 Espisito & Son, John, burial 100.00 Ferraro, Napolione, rent 90.00 First National Stores, groceries 105.37 Foster & Malton Inc., rent 32.00 Fox Drug Store, supplies 259.46 Gorman, Dr. E. F., services 6.00 Grant Co., W. T., clothes 5.96 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., groceries 8.00 Hall, Edward C., rent 300.00 Harris, Charles, clothing & shoes 80.85 Haverhill, City of, care 40.00 Helms, James T., services 13.00 Holy Ghost Hospital, care 1,008.02 Ianelli, Angeline, rent 20.00 LaFayette Bros., services 71.00 Lexington St. Drug Store, prescriptions 25.80 Leonard Fuel Co., coal 8.25 Lloyd Pharmacy, prescriptions 125.54 Longwood Convalescent Home, board & room 43.65 M. & R. Dietetic Laboratories, simalac 8.33 Mackin's Lunch, lunches 7.00 MacDonald, Donald, burial 63.00 Mass., Comm. of, Division of Child Guardian- ship, care 1,484.00 Mass., Comm. of, Dept. of Public Welfare, care 2,671.50 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, care 26.50 Mass. General Hospital, care 629.70 Mastrangelo, Dr. Louis, services 4.25 Murphy, John P., masseur 64.00 Neighbor-hood Market, groceries 24.00 Nelson Drug Store, prescriptions 7.75 New ;Eng. Deaconess Hospital, care 169.66 Newton, City of, aid 81.50 Newton Hospital, care 83.50 Nonantum Coal Co., coal 44.37 Otis Bros. Co., clothes 159.58 Piccolo's Pharmacy, prescriptions 147.95 Pomeroy Co., trusses 6.00 Rand, Claude Allen, prescriptions 48.07 Smith, T. G., room rent 8.00 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, care 90.00 Stanton, John J., burial 200.00 Star Market, groceries 33.54 Sulivan, James H., oil 307.42 Thomas, William H., interment 20.00 Titus, M. D., Peter F., services 3.00 Toscano, Joseph, rent 25.00 Touzian, M. D., Y. T., services 20.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 274 Waltham, City of, aid 110.0.0 Waltham Hospital-, care 878.96 Watertown, Town of, interments 13.00 Watertown District Nursing Assn, care 105.00 Winchell, Ida; board & room 626.20 York, M. D., Robert S., serviccs'.- • 6.00 Revere, City of, aid 163.70 Total Expenditures $37,801.87 Transferred to Revenue 509.26 $38,311.13 Aid Dependent Children Appropriation for 1945 $56,500.00 Transferred Town Meeting ; 3,000.00 $53,500.00 Refunds 436.55 $53,936.55 ' Expenditures Cash, weekly disbursements $52,406.51 Transferred to Revenue 1,530.04 $53,936.55 Aid Dependent Children federal Administration Balance brought forward $7,793.32 Federal Aid 3,026.30 $10,819.62 Expenditures Cram, M. Catherine, salary social worker $1,153.05 Forbush, Elsie, salary social worker 1,153.05 Hyde, Joseph E., salary principal social worker 1,852.75 Gass, Elizabeth, salary social worker 1,153.05 McCree, Rosamond, salary senior clerk 1,038.12 Murray, Joseph.F., salary agent 2,009.46 Spergiurio, Michael, salary social worker 1,153.05 Total Expenditures $9,512.53 Balance carried forward 1,307.09 $10,819.62 Aid Dependent Children—Federal Aid Balance brought forward $1,722.92 Federal Aid 13,852.91 $15,575.83 Expenditures Cash, weekly disbursements $13,385.86 Balance carried forward 1,722.92 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 275 Old Age Assistance Appropriation for 1945 $102,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 3,000.00 Transferred Reserve Fund 18,000.00 Refunds 2,135.22 $125,135.22 Expenditures Arlington, Town of, aid $136.59 Belmont, Town of, aid 251.83 Boston, City of, aid 2,886.15 Brookline, Town of, aid 139.93 Cambridge, City of, aid 376.18 Cash, disbursements 116,621.06 Franklin, Town of, aid 32.83 Lexington, Town of, aid 71.12 Mass., Commonwealth of, recovery of money 46.67 Milford, Town of, aid 40.00 Newton, City of, aid 816.66 New Braintree, Town of, aid 76.46 North Reading, Town of, aid 90.00 Peabody, City of, aid 45.77 Shirley, Town of, aid 60.00 Somerville, City of, aid 99.53 Stoneham, Town of, aid 3.98 Sudbury, Town of, aid 186.29 Waltham, City of, aid 646.30 Westford, Town of, aid 42.88 Total Expenditures $122,670.28 Transferred to Revenue 2,464.94 $125,13522 Old Age Assistance—Federal Administration Balance brought forward $7,481.95 Federal Aid 2,323.91 $9,805.86 Expenditures Atwell Ediphone Service, service $11.55 Cram, M. Catherine, salary 646.95 Cram,M. Catherine, relief officers' meetings expenses 28.14 Eaton, Leroy S., envelopes printed 10.00 Family Welfare Assoc. of America, renewal 2.00 Forbush, Elsie, salary 646.95 Forbush, Elsie, expenses relief meetings—in- cidentals—auto expense 169.37 Gass, Elizabeth, salary 646.95 Gass, Elizabeth, expenses relief meetings—auto expense 79.62 Hyde, Joseph E., salary . 1,027.25 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 276 Hyde, Joseph E., relief officers meetings expenses —auto expense 133.42 McCree, Rosamund, salary 581.88 McCree, Rosamund, relief meetings expenses 1.93 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 4.17 Murray, Joseph E., salary 1,110.54 Murray, Joseph E., auto expense—relief meetings expenses 183.89 Remington Rand Inc., ribbons 1.50 Spergiurio, Michael, salary 646.95 Spergiurio, Michael, auto expense, relief meetings expenses 143.14 Standard Bookbinding Co., bookbinding 6.00 Standard Duplicating Machines Corp., copy paper 2.02 United States Post Office, stamps & envelopes 209.76 Total Expenditures $6,293.98 Balance carried forward 3,511.88 $9,805.86 Old Age Assistance—Federal Aid Balance brought forward $67.89 Federal Aid 69,719.22 $69,787.11 Expenditures Arlington, Towh of, aid $61.80 Belmont, Town of, aid 109.67 Brookline, Town of, aid 2.58 Cash, disbursements 68,340.49 Lexington, Town of, aid 22.93 Milford, Town of, aid 53.33 New Braintree, Town of, aid 91.36 North Reading, Town of, aid 15.00 Shirley, Town of, aid 25.00 Stoneham, Town of, aid 156.30 Sudbury, Town of, aid 38.50 Total Expenditures $68,916.96 Balance carried forward 870.15 $69,787.11 Infirmary Department—Salary of Keeper Appropriation for 1945 $1,250.00 Expenditures York, Harry J., salary $1,250.00 Infirmary Department—General Expense Appropriation for 1945 $5,309.00 Transferred from Reserve Fund 200.00 $5,509.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 277 Expenditures American Fire Equip. Co., recharging fire ex- tinguishers $9.75 B & C Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 4.00 Baker Co., Frank G., repair 184.65 Baratta Shoe Repairing Co., shoe repair 4.00 Blake & Rebhan, supplies 2.16 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 52.17 Boston Edison Co., service 135.66 Buckley & Scott Utilities, oil 31.59 Butler's Pharmacy, supplies 105.82 Centebar's Market, groceries 615.18 Chopourian, M. D., H. M., services 6.00 Connelly, M. D., John D., services 12.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 53.55 Grant Co., W. T., shirts 5.07 Goding, Herbert, labor 14A4 Harris, Charles A., clothes 17.65 Horne & Co., H. S., marvel punch 2.63 Johnson Co., H. A., groceries 323.77 Lewis Inc., Robert F., eggs 114.53 Lyndonville Creamery Ass'n, milk & cream 311.37 Massachusetts Reformatory, chairs 51.90 Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, treatment .75 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 14.28 Meat Spot, groceries & meat 534.43 Mooney Card Shop, calendar pad 2.16 Miller, Charles, new ceiling 55.00 Munhall Fuel Co., fuel 588.87 National Biscuit Co., cookies 18.07 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 50.75 Otis Bros. Co., shoes 105.64 Pay-roll, weekly 919.43 Piccolo's Pharmacy, tobacco 39.35 Schindler, John H., eyeglasses 12.50 Small & Co., Frederick C., coffee & tea 64.48 State Chemical Co., mops 5.14 Timken Silent Automatic, service 4.25 Warren Soap Mfg. Co., soap powder 26.05 Watertown, Town of, metered water 51.75 Welch, W. W., repair refrigerator 8.00 White & Clean Hygienic Laundry, laundry 186.72 York, Harry J., incidentals 464.17 Total Expenditures $5,209.68 Transferred to Revenue 299.32 $5,509.00 Physicians Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Canzaneili, Pericles, M. D., services $750.00 Gorman, Eugene F., M. D., services 750.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 278 Mastrangelo, Louis, M. D., services 750.00 Touzian, Yacoub T., M.-D., services 750.00 $3,000.00 Soldiers' Relief—Agent's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,120.00 Expenditures Harrington, Michael J., salary $3,120.00 Soldiers' Relief—Salaries of Social `Yorkers Appropriation for 1945 $3,060.00 Expenditures Maloney, James A., salary $1,440.00 Nazarian, Dorothy R., salary 1,620.00 $3,060.00 Soldiers' Relief—Junior Cleric Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1,320.00 Expenditures Watson, Alice S., salary $1,320.00 Soldiers' Relief—Junior Clerk Salary Appropriation for 1945 $900.00 Expenditures Brogie, Katherine A., salary $199.94 Flanagan, Julia, salary 146.08 McElroy, Sally A., salary 219.18 Total Expenditures $565.20 Transferred to Revenue 334.80 $900.00 Soldiers' Relief—Office Expense Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., office supplies $533.22 Blake & Rebhan Co., office supplies 9.06 Coolidge Printing Co., printing 166.89 Copley Chemical Co., "Mimeo" supplies 55.50 Evans Printing Service, printing 27.44 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION :279 Harrington, Michael J., auto expense 60.00 \ialoney, James A., auto expense 300.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 8.88 Najarian, Dorothy R., auto expense ,i60.00 Photo Record Corp., record paper 362.08 Postmaster-Boston, envelopes 63.43 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance & ribbons 25.10 Towhill Co., James T., trimming board 9.00 Twohig's Taxi, taxi 10.00 Total Expenditures $1,990.60 Transferred to Revenue 9.40 $2,000.00 Soldiers' Aelief Appropriation for 1945 $40,000.00 Transferred Town meeting 4,800.00 $35,200.00 Refunds 242.50 $35,442.50 Expenditures Alden, MD., Carmi R., services $15.00 Alger Oil Co., range oil 262.00 Andrews, Wm. S., burial 98.00 Bacon MD, G. S., services 50.00 Barone MD., Henry, services 365.00 Barron MD., Albert L., services 2.00 Bellevue Hospital, care 106.23 Brattleboro, Town of, certified copies 1.00 Burger MD., Francis J:, services 8.00 Cambridge Hospital, care 92.90 Canzanelli MD., Pericles, services 7.00 Carney Hospital, care 22.85 Cash, disbursements 22,761.60 Charles Oil Co., coke 84.05 , Ciampa M.D., Frank, services 125.00 Costa Ambulance Coach Service, ambulance 10.00 Costa, George W., drug supplies 37.84 Cyphert M.D., Paul R., services 11.00 Donovan M.D., William, services 18.00 Dunn's Drug Store, supplies 305.96 Feeley M.D., Edward W., services 14.00 Fox Drug Store, supplies 86.71 Gettes, M.D., Charles N., services 17.50 Godwin's Taxi, taxi 3.20 Gudas, M.D., Peter P.; services 50.00 Harrington, Michael J., agent's fee 2.00 Hick's, William, funeral expenses 145.00 Hopkins, M.D., John E., services 10.00 Keane, M.D., John F., services 100.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 280 Kevorkian, M.D., J. J., services 236.00 LaFayette Bros., services 52.00 Lahey Clinic, services 48.00 Lederman, M.D., Bernard, services 8.00 Lexington St. Drug Co., supplies 64.33 Lloyd Pharmacy, supplies 23.40 Marino, M.D., C. C., services 28.00 Mass. General Hospital, care 239.20 Mass. Memorial Hospital, x-ray 3.00 McGrath, M.D., Lawrence W., services 50.00 Munhall Fuel Co., fuel 86.65 Nelson Drug Co., prescriptions 4.50 Otis Bros. Co., clothes 20.25 Otis General Hospital, care 7.50 Pesce, M.D., Guy C., services 65.00 Piccolo's Pharmacy, prescriptions 46.76 Quirk, M.D., T. C., services 169.00 Reed Co., Thomas W., support 7.50 Secord, M.D., Walter, services 16.00 Shrier, M.D., Hyman, services 150.00 Somerville Fuel Co., fuel 74.10 Stanton, M.D., Joseph,services 50.00 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, care 567.30 Watertown District Nursing Ass'n, visits 32.00 Wylie, M.D., Earl J., services 5.00 Total Expenditures $28,865.23 Transferred to Revenue 8,577.27 $35,442.50 Military Aid Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Refund 50.00 $2,050.00 Expenditures Cash, disbursements $1,285.00 Transferred to Revenue 765.00 $2,050.00 State Aid Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Monthly disbursements $1,090.00 Transferred to Revenue 910.00 $2,000.00 War Relief Allowances War No. 2 Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 281 Expenditures Cash disbursements $1,396.50 Transferred to Revenue 1,603.50 $3,000.00 SCHOOLS & LIBRARIES School Department—General Control Superintendent's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $6,000.00 Expenditures Kelly, Francis A., salary $6,000.00 School Department—General Control—Clerks' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $3,600.00 Expenditures Durgin, Margaret W., salary $1,980.00 O'Toole, Anne B., salary 1,620.00 $3,600.00 School Department—General Control—Attendance Officers' Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $4,600.00 Expenditures Carroll, Joseph L., salary $2,300.00 Caverly, Francis, salary 2,300.00 $4,600.00 School Department—General Control—Attendance Officers' Expenses Expenditures Carroll, Joseph L., auto expense $250.00 Caverly, Francis, auto expense 250.00 $500.00 School Department—General Control—Telephones Appropriation for 1945 $1,200.00 Transferred Town Meeting 100.00 $1,300.00 Expenditures New England Tel. & Tel. Co., service $1,246.36 Transferred to Revenue 53.64 $1,300.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 282 School Department—General Control—Office Expense Appropriation for 1945 $350.00 Expenditures Allen-Wales Adding Machine Co., maintenance—renewal $12.00 American Assoc. School Administrators, dues 5.00 American School Board Journal, renewal 3.00 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., repair 4.00 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 146.27 Mohawk Pete, auto repair 84.74 Postmaster—Boston, postage 80.30 Shutt, George L., auto service 5.50 Spencer Mfg. Co., S. M., repair numbering machine 3.11 Wolkins, Henry S. Co., stapling machine 6.08 $350.00 School Department—Instruction Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $527,275.00 Refund 77.93 $527,352.93 Expenditures Abbott, Sara D., salary $2,500.00 Adams, Alfred S., salary 2,994.00 Adams, H. Bernice, salary 2,010.00 Alberico, Mrs. Alice, salary 448.50 Andren, Ann, salary 1,920.08 Appel, Ruth, salary 2,500.00 Arbuckle, Jeanne, salary 1,807.50 Baker, Mrs. Marjorie, salary 1,507.00 Bassett, Charlotte, salary 2,185.00 Banks, Pauline, salary 2,215.00 Barrington, Doris, salary 1,451.45 Bassett, Jennie M., salary 2,185.00 Beeten, Claire E., salary 2,005.00 Belding, Mary A., salary 966.00 Bentley, E. Mae, salary 2,210.00 Biggane, Sara T., salary 2,576.00 Biller, Bernard, salary 838.00 Black, John, salary 1,992.00 Blake, Thomas A., salary 395.25 Blanchard, Marjorie Pattison, salary 749.00 Blossom, Ellen G., salary 2,179.00 Boserman, Evelyn Riley, salary 1,823.13 Boy, John, salary 562.50 Boyle, Mary, salary 2,294.00 Brock, Gladys, salary 1,495.00 Brooks, Ethel L., salary 2,107.00 Brooks, Gertrude, salary 1,720.00 Brooks, Pauline, salary 2,010.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 283' Brown, Eileen, salary 2,385.00 Burge, Alice, salary 2,015.00 Burke, M. Alice, salary 1,970.00 Butterfield, Ruth, salary 1,489.00 Butler, Mrs. John B., salary 657.38 Campbell, Laura, salary 2,179.00 Carey, Mary C., salary 2,015.00 Carver, Alice M., salary 2,300.00 Chandler, Douglas, salary 640.00 Chandler, Helen Wheeler, salary 822.00 Chrakian, Elisha, salary 2,960.00 Ciant, Loretta M., salary 822.00 Clem, Carl E., salary 955.00 Colby, Frances G., salary 2,070.00 Cole, Elinore, salary 2,039.50 Collins, Margaret, salary 2,179.00 Connor, Eleanor B., salary 2,149.00 Craig, John F., salary 3,210.00 Cusick, Elizabeth, salary 2,005.00 Daley, Catherine R., salary 1,320.00 Dedeyan, Angel, salary 1,400.00 Desmond, Elizabeth, salary 2,278.00 Devlin, Mrs. Edna, salary 992.58 Dickinson, Mrs. Frances, salary 1,352.95 Donahue, Mary, salary 1,730.90 Donald, Ann, salary 512.50 Donald, William H., salary 2,990.00 Donnelly, Margaret, salary 2,320.00 Donovan, Paul H., salary 1,606.00 Dooley, Gertrude, salary 2,000.00 Dowling, Patricia, salary 1,600.00 Droney, Margaret, salary 1,185.00 Dunbar, Eunice, salary 1,563.25 Durrell, Charles P., salary 3,680.00 Dwyer, Catherine T., salary 2,010.00 Eagan, Mary, salary 2,015.00 Edwards, Josephine, salary 2,015.00 Eisenhauer, Hugh J., salary 2,880.00 Ellis, Cyril F., salary 3,503.36 Ellis, Mary F. Murray, salary 1,738.50 Evans, Gladys, salary 1,110.00 Farnham, Helen, salary 604.50 Farnum, Margaret, salary 1,785.00 Farrington, Julia H., salary 1,725.00 Farwell, Mrs. E. L., salary 1,472.00 Farwell, Mrs. Grace, salary 2,052.00 Finn, Charles, salary 1,104.00 Finnegan, Mary, salary 1,985.00 Fitzpatrick, Margaret T., salary 1,320.00 Foley, Julia, salary 398.00 Ford, Raymond, salary 512.00 Foye, Alice E., salary 270.00 Fulton, Leah M., salary 2,210.00 Gale, Mrs. Mildred, salary 1,400.50 Gallen, Catherine M., salary 2,015.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 284 Gartland, Harriet A., salary 1,952.50 Gearin, Margaret M., salary 2,210.00 Gifford, Joanna J., salary 2,015.00 Gilligan, Mary H., salary 2,015.00 Gleason, Robert, salary 2,251.00 Gough, Anna, salary 2,185.00 Gould, Carolyn, salary 2,004.93 Grant, Glenys, salary 1,320.00 Gray, Jane, salary 2,138.08 Greeley, Julia W., salary 2,185.00 Griffith, Pearl, salary 2,270.00 Grogan, Helen, salary 1,960.00 Gross, Virginia Small, salary 1,648.50 Grosvenor, Lucy, salary 2,270.00 Greuner, Adele, salary 2,015.00 Guidrey, Virginia, salary 644.00 Hannabell, Mildred, salary 2,005.00 Harley, Gladys, salary 2,002.50 Harris, Mary, salary 1,610.00 Hayes, Mrs. Esther R., salary 1,099.00 Hayes, Helen F., salary 2,005.00 Helms, Phoebe, salary 2,015.00 Hillen, Ethel A., salary 2,015.00 Hilliard, Pearl M., salary 2,007.50 Hogan, Anne, salary 172.50 Holman, William D., salary 2,990.00 Worrigan, Mrs. Viola, salary 2,064.00 Howard, Mary, salary 1,090.82 Hughes, Rose, salary 1,988.50 Hutchinson, Edythe F., salary 2,301.00 Hynes, Rose, salary 2,015.00 Jacobs, Edith J., salary 2,700.00 Jeffers, Harriet M., salary .2,179.00 Johnson, Esther C., salary 2,300.00 Johnson, H. Althea, salary 2,294.00 Jones, Mildred, salary 2,282.00 Kanaly, Alice N. Donnellan, salary 1,690.00 Keaney, Frank W., salary 994.00 Keating, Franklin P., salary 2,P78.00 Keene, Irving C., salary 2,100.00 Keep, Marion P., salary 2,600.00 Kelley, John, salary 2,881.00 Kelman, A. Robert, salary 3,194.00 Kemp, Anna M., salary 1,951.00 Kent, I. Eliot, salary 2,990.00 Kinchla, Ruth, salary 1,320.00 Landin, Walter E., salary 2,990.00 Learned, Edna A., salary 2,015.00 Libby, Gladys, salary 2,012.50 Liston, John, salary 1,776.00 Lyons, Emma, salary 2,015.00 Lyons, Frances A., salary 1,912.50 Lyons, Helen A., salary 1,782.40 Lyons, Helen R., salary 2,004.93 MacCurdy, Elmo D., salary 3,200.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 285 MacPherson, Mabel, salary 2,185.00 MacGregor, Helen, salary 2,015.00 Malkasian, Stella, salary 2,300.00 Malley, Josephs salary 3,300.00 Matson, Mrs. Mary, salary 1,529.50 Matthews, Mary F., salary 2,015.00 McCarthy, Catherine Hammill, salary 2,064.00 McCarthy, Charles A., salary 482.00 McCarthy, Margaret M., salary 1,471.00 McCarthy, Marjorie, salary 1,265.00 McCarthy, Theresa, salary 234.00 McCarthy, Timothy, salary 661.50 McCartney, Arthur, salary 1,588.00 McCormack, Mary E., salary 1,610.00 McCoubrey, Anne, salary 1,813.00 McDermott, Mrs. Julia S., salary 1,487.90 McDonald, Mary E., salary 1,816.00 McDonough, Elizabeth, salary 2,015.00 McGrath, Arthur, salary 632.50 McGrath, Jr., Lieut. John F., salary 1,443.00 McKey, Gordon W., salary 1,120.00 McKey, Helen, salary 760.00 McKinney, Gladys, salary 2,270.00 McLean, Mrs. Evelyn, salary 690.00 McMahon, Kathryn, salary 1,995.00 McManus, Helen, salary 1,958.72 McMullen, Anastasia, salary 2,585.00 McMullen, James, salary 552.00 McNally, Alice, salary 2,259.00 McNealy, John, salary 3,346.00 Mealy, E. Gertrude, salary 2,185.00 Megan, Mrs. Emily, salary 1,525.88 Mitchell, Arthur, salary 3,000.00 Moloney, Mrs. Elizabeth, salary 1,603.00 Moody, Harold L., salary 2,940.00 Morrissey, Mrs, Margaret, salary 1,598.00 Morrison, Elinor Marie, salary 1,602.50 Morse, Mildred I., salary 2,185.00 Moynihan, Mary H., salary 2,379.00 Moody, Francis X., salary 3,680.00 Muldoon, Marion K., salary 1,620.00 Murphy, Beatrice A., salary 2,137.00 Nelson, Earl C., salary 3,680.00 Nolan, Helen, salary 1,356.00 Norcross, Mildred, salary 2,235.50 O'Brien, Helen, salary 2,012.50 O'Brien, Joseph P., salary 40.00 O'Brien, Madeline F., salary 1,458.00 O'Brien, Thomas, salary 3,940.00 O'Neil, Mary, salary 1,610.00 O'Toole, Mary, salary 1,592.00 O'Toole, William, salary 600.00 Palm, Helen E., salary 2,185.00 Pane, Aurora, salary 1,495.00 Paquet, Charlotte, salary 2,012.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 286- Parker, Helen Ray, salary 2,179.00 Parker, Leila M., salary 1,970.00 Paton, Helen D., salary 285.00 Patterson, Helen, salary 1,671.00 Perkins, Arthur F., salary 483.00 Poole, Elaine D., salary 2,015.00 Prout, Jane, salary 1,919.00 Quackenbush, M. Theresa, salary 1,975.00 Randall, Freda, salary 2,270.00 Reed, Mabel Claire, salary 2,015.00 Reed, Robert v.s., salary 5,000.00 Ricker, Ethel A., salary 1,374.00 Rideout, Grace E., salary 2,015.00 Riley, Isabel, salary 1,977.50 Roberts, Katherine, salary 2,161.00 Robinson, T. Donald, salary 2,979.00 Rooney, Edward D., salary 759.00 Rourke, Mrs. Mary G., salary 690.00 Rowe, Edna P., salary 2,190.00 Sanborn, Alice L., salary 2,015.00 Sanderson, Lucy F., salary 1,295.00 Sargent, Mabel P., salary 2,185.00 Savignano, Alvena, salary 1,572.50 Sawyer, Erald L., salary 3,680.00 Secord, Muriel, salary 1,995.00 Severance, Elizabeth, salary 2,288.50 Slattery, Catherine C., salary 2,210.00 Slattery, Mildred, salary 1,852.50 Smith, Gertrude L., salary 2,125.00 Smith, Hazel D., salary 1,513.00 Smith, Madeline, salary 2,007.50 Smith, Rose, salary 2,290.00 Storer, Elizabeth W., salary 1,955.00 Striley, C. Harold, salary 3,680.00 Sullivan, Daniel, salary 3,000.00 Sullivan, Mary, salary 2,015.00 Sullivan, Mary J., salary 1,725.00 Taylor, Jean, salary 942.00 Taylor, Katherine, salary 2,300.00 Thayer, Helen A., salary 2,300.00 Thulin, Ruth W., salary 2,500.00 Thurston, Charlotte, salary 2,005.00 Ticehurst, Mrs. Dorothy, salary 897.50 Tierney, Muriel M., salary 1,483.00 Tierney, Rita, salary 2,265.00 Timper, Alma L., salary 2,015.00 Toscano, Mrs. Anna, salary 1,562.00 Truitt, Charlotte R., salary 700.00 Tynan, Gertrude, salary 1,985.00 Vacca, G. Carlo, salary 1,160.00 Vanier, Ella L., salary 2,185.00 Varney, Dorothy L., salary 1,995.00 Ward, Alice J., salary 1,967.50 Ward, Anna B., salary 2,185.00 Ward, Edwin H., salary 3,000.00 Ward, John H. R., Jr., salary 3,160.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 287 Ward, Josephine G., salary 1,209.00 Wheeler, C. Arthur, salary 4,000.00 Whitaker, Grace E., salary 2,015.00 White, Doris B., salary 1,964.97 Whitney, Marion I., salary 2,155.00 Whittemore, Louise, salary 1,149.00 Winning, G. Elizabeth, salary 2,167.00 Wolfenden, Mrs. Olive, salary 1,452.37 Woodbury, Madeline A., salary 2,179.00 Wood, Mary L., salary 1,150.00 Young, Clara, salary 2,200.00 Specials Adams, Bernice, salary $19.00 Andren, Ann, salary 39.00 Barrington, Doris, salary 10.00 Beeten, Claire, salary 55.00 Chick, Arnold, salary 1,840.00 Colbert, Edward B., salary 3,800.00 Donahue, Mary, salary 32.00 Dooley, Gertrude, salary 14.00 Dowling, Patricia, salary 12.00 Dunbar, Eunice, salary 30.00 Drew, Jessie P., salary 2,240.00 Eagan, Mary, salary 16.00 Ellis, Mrs. Mary, salary 7.00 Evans, Gladys, salary 15.00 Farley, Helen M., salary 2,125.00 Gearin, Margaret, salary 15.00 Geary, Mrs. Cecilia, salary 2,084.00 Grogan, Helen, salary 8.00 Gross, Virginia, salary 16.00 Guidrey, Virginia, salary 17.00 Hannabell, Mildred, salary 16.00 Harris, Mary, salary 2.00 Heagney, Marjorie Quirk, salary 4.00 Hickey, Anna, salary 12.00 Libby, Gladys, salary 8.00 MacDaid, James, salary 2,850.00 Mayo, Walter, salary 3,220.00 McBreen, Eleanor, salary 2,285.75 McManus, Helen, salary 36.00 Megan, Emily, salary 14.00 Morrison, Elinor, salary 4.00 O'Brien, Helen, salary 16.00 Pane, Aurora, salary 15.00 Pattison, Marjorie, salary 10.00 Phelan, Julia, salary 2110.00 Riley, Isabel, salary 35.00 Rowe, Edna P., salary 15.00 Russell, Florence, salary 2,396.50 Sanborn, Alice, salary 17.00 Savignano, Alvena, salary 2.00 Secord, Beverly, salary 4.00 Secord, Muriel, salary 14.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 288 Thurston, Charlotte, salary 41.00 Timper, Alma, salary 40.00 Toscano, Anna, salary 17.00 Tynan, Gertrude, salary 26.00 Ward, Alice, salary 19.00 Wood, Mary, salary 3.00 Wolfenden, Alice, salary 8.00 Substitutes Barres, Hazel, salary 190.00 Berlin, Pearl, salary 12.00 Blake, Rita G., salary 12.00 Bolduc, Mrs. Rita, salary 140.00 Carey, Ann, salary 708.90 Carrington, Mrs. Anne, salary 63.75 Collins, Mrs. Margaret, salary 40.50 Cowdrey, Mrs. Bertha, salary 945.00 Crowley, Jean, salary 10.00 Crowley, Mary, salary 32.00 Donnellan, William A., salary 48.00 Driscoll, Mrs. Katherine, salary 902.00 Evans, Gladys, salary 80.50 Finn, Charles J., salary 6.00 Goostray, Mrs. Eva, salary 6.00 Gould, Helena, salary 90.00. Hagen, Mrs. Mary E., salary 54.00 Heagney, Marjorie Quirk, salary 729.13 Henderson, Mrs. Esther, salary 96.34 Hickey, Mrs. Anna, salary 1,312.00 Hogan, Anne, salary 54.00 Joyce, Ruth, salary 600.00 Kemon, Mrs. Nora, salary 78.00 Kirk, Christopher, salary 256.00 Lynch, Martha, salary 233.00 MacRury, Mrs. Helen; salary 216.00 Martin, Mrs. Ruth C., salary 5.00 McCann, Beatrice, salary 1,306.00 Miller, Margaret, salary 12.00 Moore, Mrs. Robert, salary 95.00 Morgan, Mrs. John, salary 5.00 Myers, Mrs. Paul, salary 102.50 Nightingale, Emma, salary 10.00 Proctor, Mrs. Ardys, salary 54.00 Rand, Claude M., salary 6.00 Reid, Mrs. Stella, salary 137.50 Reilly, Mrs. Dorothy, salary 12.50 Rose, Mrs. Dagmar, salary 40.00 Secord, Mrs. Beverly, salary 489.38 Sennott, Anne, salary 30.00 Sheridan, Mrs. Gertrude, salary 258.00 Shively, Mrs. Eva, salary 5.00 Stratton, Mrs. Martha L., salary 12.00 Swazey, Robert, salary 18.00 Sweet, Mrs. George, salary 282.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 289 Udell, Mrs. Sally, salary 57.50 Wooley, Mrs. Dorothy, salary 414.00 Total Expenditures $526,405.08 Transferred to Revenue 947.85 $527,352.93 School Department-Instruction-Sick Leave Appropriation for 1945 $3,500.00 Expenditures Adams, Alfred S., salary $6.00 Adams, Bernice, salary 5.00 Alberico, Mrs. Alice, salary 60.00 Arbuckle, Jean, salary 32.50 Andren, Ann, salary 20.00 Baker, Marjorie, salary 32.50 Barrington, Doris, salary 50.00 Beeten, Claire, salary 10.00 Belding, Mary, salary 60.00 Bentley, E. Mae, salary 2.50 Biggane, Sara T., salary 24.00 Biller, Bernard, salary 60.00 Black, John, salary 60.00 Blake, Thomas, salary 6.00 Blossom, Ellen, salary 6.00 Boserman, Evelyn, salary 35.00 Boyle, Mary, salary 6.00 Brooks, Ethel, salary 66.00 Brooks, Gertrude, salary 5.00 Brooks, Pauline, salary 5.00 Burke, Alice, salary 45.00 Butler, Mrs. John, salary 24.00 Butterfield, Ruth, salary 6.00 Campbell, Laura, salary 30.00 Chandler, Mrs. Helen W., salary 6.00 Chrakian, Elisha, salary 30.00 Ciani, Loretta, salary 6.00 Cole, Elinore E., salary 12.00 Collins, Margaret, salary 6.00 Connor, Eleanor B., salary 36.00 Cowdrey, Bertha, salary 60.00 Cusick, Elizabeth, salary 10.00 Desmond, Elizabeth, salary 12.00 Donahue, Mary, salary 20.00 Donald, Ann, salary 5.00 Donovan, Paul H., salary 42.00 Dooley, Gertrude, salary 15.00 Dowling, -Patricia, salary 10.00 Drew, Jessie P., salary 40.00 Droney, Margaret, salary 24.00 Dunbar, Eunice, salary 40.00 Dwyer, Katherine, salary 5.00 Ellis, Cyril, salary 30.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 290 Ellis, Mary Murray, salary 50.00 Eisenhauer, Hugh, salary 60.00 Farley, Helen, salary 5.00 Farwell, Grace, salary 18.00 Finnegan, Mary, salary 30.00 Foley, Julia, salary 5.00 Fredericks, Gladys Harley, salary 12.50 Fulton, Leah, salary 5.00 Gale, Mildred, salary 5.00 Gartland, Harriet, salary 50.00 Gearin, Margaret, salary 5.00 Gleason, Robert, salary 24.00 Gray, Jane, salary 36.00 Griffith, Pearl, salary 30.00 Grogan, Helen, salary 25.00 Gross, Virginia, salary 10.00 Grosvenor, Lucy, salary 30.00 Hannabell, Mildred, salary 10.00 Hayes, Esther, salary 5.00 Hayes, Helen, salary 10.00 Heagney, Marjorie Quirk, salary 20.00 Hickey, Anna, salary 10.00 Hilliard, Pearl, salary 10.00 Horrigan, Viola, salary 6.00 Howard, Mary, salary 5.00 Hughes, Rose, salary 18.00 Hutchinson, Edythe P., salary 60.00 Jeffers, Harriet, salary 6.00 Johnson, Althea'H., salary 6.00 Jones, Mildred, salary 18.00 Kanalay, Alice Donnellan, salary 18.00 Keaney, Frank, salary 6.00 Keating, Franklin P., salary 12.00 Kelley, John, salary 24.00 Kelman, A. Robert, salary 6.00 Kemp, Anna M., salary 60.00 Libby, Gladys, salary 2.50 Liston, John, salary 18.00 Lyons, Frances, salary 50.00 Lyons, Helen, salary 30.00 MacDaid, James, salary 25.00 Matson, Mary, salary 5.00 McBreen, Eleanor, salary 7.50 McCann, Beatrice, salary 30.00 McCarthy, Charles, salary 24.00 McCarthy, Catherine Hammill, salary 6.00 McCarthy, Margaret, salary 24.00 McCarthy, Timothy, salary 6.00 McCoubrey, Mrs. Anne, salary 60.00 McDermott, Julia S., salary 2.50 McDonald, Mary E., salary 24.00 McGrath, John, salary 6.00 McKinney, Gladys, salary 30.00 McMahon, Kathryn, salary 20.00 McManus, Helen, salary 25.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 291 McNally, Alice, salary 12.00 McNealy, John, salary 54.00 Megan, Emily, salary 50.00 Moody, Harold, salary 60.00 Morrissey, Margaret, salary 12.00 Morrison, Elinor, salary 7.50 Moynihan, Mary, salary 6.00 Murphy, Beatrice A., salary 48.00 Nolan, Helen, salary 12.50 Norcross, Mildred,. salary 30.00 O'Brien, Helen, salary 2.50 O'Toole, Mary, salary 18.00 Paquet, Charlotte, salary 2.50 Parker, Helen, salary 6.00 Parker, Leila M., salary 45.00 Patterson, Helen, salary 24.00 Pattison, Marjorie, salary 15.00 Phelan, Julia, salary 20.00 Prout, Jane, salary 36.00 Quackenbush, Theresa, salary 35.00 Ricker, Ethel, salary 6.00 Riley, Isabel, salary 37.50 Roberts, Katherine, salary 24.00 Robinson, T. Donald, salary 6.00 Rowe, Edna P., salary 25.00 Russell, Florence, salary 51.00 Sanderson, Lucy, salary 60.00 Savignano, Alvena, salary 37.50 Secord, Muriel, salary 20.00 Severance, Elizabeth, salary 6.00 Slattery, Catherine, salary 5.00 Slattery, Mildred, salary 50.00 Smith, Gertrude M., salary 60.00 Smith, Madeline, salary 7.50 Smith, Rose, salary 6.00 Taylor, Jean, salary 24.00 Thurston, Charlotte,.salary 10.00 Tierney, Muriel, salary 12.00 Tierney, Rita, salary 18.00 Toscano, Anna, salary 25.00 Tynan, Gertrude, salary 30.00 Varney, Dorothy, salary 20.00 Ward, Alice, salary 17.50 Ward, John, salary 30.00 White, Doris, salary 45.00 Whitney, Marion I., salary 30.00 Whittemore, Louise, salary 24.00 Winning, Elizabeth, salary 18.00 Wolfenden, Mrs. Olive, salary 20.00 Woodbury, Madeline A., salary 6.00 Young,Clara, salary 15.00 Total Expenditures $3,413.50 Transferred to Revenue 86.50 $3,500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 292 School Department-Instruction-Books & Supplies Appropriation for 1945 $18,000.00 Expenditures Allyn & Bacon, books $268.96 Air Reductions Sales Co., supplies 16.81 American Book Co., books 344.55 American Council of Education, books 8.49 American Cookery, subscription 3.00 American Crayon Co., stencil book 1.10 American Education Press, Inc., subscriptions 110.54 American Map Co., map 3.99 American Type Founders Sales Co., parts 73.53 Appleton D.-Century Co., books 21.12 Arlo Publishing Co., books 225.99 Art School Associates Inc., books 12.86 Babb & Co., Edward E., supplies 1,542.88 Barnard & Co., F. J., books 372.62 Beaudette & Co., duplicator supplies 131.30 Beckly-Candy Co., supplies 110.85 Birchard & Co. C. C., music 4.40 Bogen Co., David, Transcription player- microphone 107.44 Boston Blue Print Co., supplies 40.66 Boston Music Co., music 18.67 Boston University, scoring 70.00 Brine Co., James W., supplies 19.20 Bruce Publishing Co., books 13.33 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., paper rolls 1.30 Butterick Co., pattern books 1.75 Cambosco Scientific Co., supplies 79.73 Carter-Rice & Co., paper 87.45 Carter Co., John, paper supplies 85.01 Cascade Paper Co., eraser cleaner 9.95 Century Paper Co., paper supplies 63.87 Centebar's Market Co., groceries 427.20 Central Scientific Co., laboratories supplies 70.53 Chandler & Farquhar Co., supplies 302.12 Cinema, movies 12.00 Child Improvement Pub. Co., stencils .60 College Entrance Examination Board, examinations 4.00 Cooperative Test Service, test service 180.54 Columbia University Press, books 2.33 Compton & Co., F. E., encyclopedias 348.75 Conde Nast Publications, subscriptions 1.50 Conn, C. G., mutes 29.70 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 10.01 Davidson, James E., subscriptions 11.00 Devin-Adair Co., books 19.10 Dick Co., A. B., correction fluid 1.62 Dietzgen Co., Eugene, drafting supplies 54.34 Doubleday-Doran Co., books 5.09 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 293 Dunn Drug Store, supplies 36.08 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 88.47 Educational & Psychological, subscription 4.00 Educational Test Bureau, tests 24.76 Expression Co., book 2.12 Fischer Inc., Carl, music 220.39 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 39.53 General Biological Supply House, supplies 91.32 General Envelope Co., clasp envelopes 3.71 Giant Stores, cloth 8.25 Gibbs Express Co., express 31.51 Ginn & Co., books 530.70 Gledhill Bros., supplies 785.20 Globe Book Co., books 92.31 Grants Express, express 2.00 Greater Boston Vocation Guidance, dues 3.50 Gregory Co., C. A., tests 8.28 Gregg Publishing Co., books 95.82 Groom & Co., Thomas, office supplies 21.27 Hale's, records 28.16 Hammett Co., J. L., supplies 1,607.34 Harcourt-Brace & Co., books 156.30 Harrison Associates, Lawrence, diplomas 282.40 Harper Bros., books 2.53 Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 29.14 Harvey & Howe Inc., subscription 3.00 Hastings Co., Austin, supplies 20.50 Hawes Electric Co., projection bulb 4.41 Haymarket Hardware Co., keys 13.20 Heath & Co., D. C., books 797.42 Hearing Aids Co., records 3.60 Holt & Co., Henry, books 262.38 Horne & Co. H. S., office supplies 94.37 Houghton-Mifflin Co., books 77.90 International Textbook Co., books 4.40 Iroquois Publishing Co., books 64.80 International Bus. Machines, electrographic pencils 14.65 Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co., hockey sticks & recreational supplies 306.85 Jarrell-Ash Co., repaired microscopes 60.85 Johnson Co., Andrew J., maps of Watertown 13.60 Jones, Mildred, groceries 17.70 Jordan-Marsh Co., supplies 71.45 Journal of Ed. Research, subscription 3.50 Junior Scholastic, subscription 3.50 Koplow Trimming Co., supplies 10.05 Laboratory Specialties Inc., supplies 15.45 Lacey & Sons, W. F., plywood 11.48 Laidlaw Bros., books 20.26 Library of Congress, cards 28.89 Lippincott Co., J. B., books 5.40 Lothrop-Lee & Shepard Co., book 2.07 Lyons & Carnahan, books 51.56 Macmillan Co., books 446.00 Manual Arts Press, books 3.07 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 294 Magnus Brush & Craft & Materials, craft materials 17.17 Makepeace Inc., B. L-., drawing materials 53.25 Marine Biological Laboratory, supplies 31.18 Martin & Murray Co., atlases 47.20 Mass. Bible Society, bibles 39.60 McKey, Gordon W., supplies 3.90 Merrill Co., Charles E., books 358.17 Merriam Co., G & C., books 26.41 Mooney, Francis X., expenses 12.50 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 219.73 Morrill Co., George H., ink 2.00 Motivation Charts Inc., charts 11.42 New Eng. News Co., books 88.01 New Eng. Pub. Co., subscriptions 16.00 New Eng. Transportation Co., express .85 News Map of the Week Inc., subscription 45.94 Noble & Noble, book 1.50 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 218.57 Occupational Research, book 3.50 O'Brien, Thomas, postage 5.00 Oates, Edward A., insurance 8.80 Osgood-Globe Co., "Bindex" 3.15 Partridge, Horace-sporting goods 97.27 Phillips Paper Co., paper 126.77 Postmaster-Boston, postage 190.98 Prentice-Hall Inc., books 126.68 Psychological Corp., books 18.35 Public Administration Service, book 1.00 Railway Express Agency, express 15.58 Rand-McNally Co., books 125.48 Randall, Freda J., shears 6.00 Rand Type Setting Service, supplies 12.10 Rayburn Musical Instrument Co., violin cases 46.50 Raynham Bleachery, wiping cloths 22.58 Remington Rand Inc., cards 22.90 Rival Co., drawing Instruments 83.00 Roberts, Lewis, ink 28.25 Ross, M. M., drawing materials 71.60 Rowe Co., H. M., books 17.15 Row-Peterson & Co., books 18.29 Sawyer, Erald L., expenses 10.00 Science Research Associates, books 153.72 Scott-Foresman & Co., books 534.78 Scribners Sons, Charles, books 48.54 Sears-Roebuck & Co., steel block planes 4.29 Silver-Burdett Co., books 191.30 Singer Sewing Machine Co., supplies 23.02 Snow, Edward Row, books 11.00 South Western Pub. Co., books 105.29 Standard Maintenance Co., ribbons-maintenance 56.00 Stimpson Inc., waterproof paper 7.50 Syracuse University Press, book 1.00 Swartz Hardware Co., paint 4.88 Taylor Instrument Co., instrument 3.75 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 295 Tracy Chair Co., chairs-rental 225.00 Thayer, Helen A., expenses, camera club 2.00 Thrift Press, books ` 37.00 Toothaker, O. H., books 22.58 Treas. of the U.S.A., Hardware Div. off. Surplus Property, wooden trainer rifles 350.00 Woolworth Co., F. W., supplies 5.00 U. S. Gov't Printing Office, subscription 1.00 University Press, book 2.50 University Pub. Co., books 46.16 Van Nostrand Co., D., books 2.22 Visual Ed. Service, films 43.53 Watertown Bindery, binding 35.00 Watertown Electric Supply Co., supplies 23.13 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 57.90 Wahn Co., George H., electrical supplies 38.12 Ward's, office supplies 6•80 Webster Publishing Co., books 5.68 White Co., R. H., dry goods 7.20 Wholesome Film Service, film service 167.37 Wholesale Radio Laboratories, radio tube 4.15 Wild & Stevens Inc., printing supplies 33.80 Wilkinson Co. A. J., hardware 20.04 Wilson Co., H. W., books 14.30 Winston Co., John C., books 132.42 Wolkins Co., H. S., supplies 172.94 Wood Co., A. M., lumber 477.01 World Week, subscription 4.00 World Book Co., books 649.68 Wurlitzer, E. W., repairing musical instruments 46.75 Yale University Press, book 1.44 Y & E Sales Corp; blue labels 5.84 Total Expenditures $17,999.14 Transferred to Revenue .86 $18,000.00 School Department-Operation-Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $43,000.00 Transferred Tbwn Meeting 2,000.00 $41,000.00 Expenditures Beatty, Richard, salary $1,590.00 Bloomer, Gerard J., salary 467.52 Burns, Michael, salary 657.58 Coates, Ira Russell, salary 2,300.00 Comfort, Redford, salary 685.75 Cornick, Adolphus, salary 2,200.00 Cram, John, salary 1,955.00 Couture, Herman, salary 2,300.00 Devaney, Mary A., salary 1,210.00 Droney, Mrs. Bridget, salary 1,208.17 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 296 Dwyer, Mrs. Delia, salary 43.75 Fairbanks, Franklin W., salary 2,185.00 Foisy, Hubert, salary 2,300.00 Haddie, Mrs. Florence, salary 1,210.00 Keenan, James, salary 2,070.00 LeShane, Richard, salary 1,955.00 Morrissey, Mrs. Regina, salary 1,210.00 Murphy, Margaret, salary 1,058.77 Perkins, Joseph G., salary 966.78 Quinn, Terrence, salary 1,955.00 Ross, David, salary 2,600.00 Ross, John J., salary 2,400.00 Torres, John, salary 1,979.24 Upit, Mrs. Mildred, salary 38.07 Upit, Ralph L., salary 849.96 Ward, Grace E., salary 1,210.00 Withee, Mrs. Alice, salary 1,210.00 Total Expenditures $39,815.59 Transferred to Revenue 1,184.41 $41,000.00 School Department—Operation—Supplies Appropriation for 1945 $2,500.00 Expenditures Campbell Hardware Co., supplies $6.45 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 54.24 Everett Bros. Inc., express 1.25 Fairbanks, F. W., supplies 1.30 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 221.25 Fort Hill Paper Co., paper supplies 310.25 Hawes Electric Co., supplies .70 Hodgdon, Fred H., wipers 103.90 Holcomb Mfg. Co., J. I., brushes 15.20 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 34.83 Lewis National Supply Corp., cleaning supplies 236.07 Mass., Comm. of, State Prison Colony, floor brushes & handles 135.15 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supply Co., supplies 106.80 Middlesex Chemical Co., floor wax 55.30 Mt. Auburn Paint & Wall Paper Store, supplies 63.40 Mumford, Frank S.,-auto service 94.44 Ryan, L., sawdust 17.50 State Chemical Co., chemicals 702.90 Swartz Hardware Co., hardware 1.83 Waltham Paper Products Co., towels 40.50 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 287.55 Winter Co., P. R., snow scoop 4.95 Woodward-Wanger Co., plumbing supplies 3.36 Total Expenditures $2,499.22 Transferred to Revenue .78 $2,500,00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 297 School Department—Operation—Fuel Appropriation for 1945 $15,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 6,000.00 $21,000.00 Expenditures Maloney Oil Co., oil $2,353.99 Nonantum Coal Co., oil 18,478.88 Somerville Charcoal Co., charcoal 135.25 Total Expenditures $20,968.12 Transferred to Revenue 31.88 $21,000.00 School Department—Operation—Light & Power Appropriation for 1945 $10,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 2,300.00 $12,300.00 Expenditures Boston Cons. Gas Co., service $710.69 Boston Edison Co., service 11,567.29 Total Expenditures $12,277.98 Transferred to Revenue 22.02 $12,300.00 School Department—Operation—Water Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Watertown, Town of, metered water $1,766.29 Transferred to Revenue 33.71 $2,000.00 School Department—Operation—Balls Appropriation for 1945 $500.00 Expenditures Boudakian, Armand, services $3.00 Carr, Richard J., services 3.00 Coates, Ira Russell, services 57.50 Coffey, Thomas P., services 3.00 Comfort, Redford, services 22.50 Cornick, Adolphus, services 3.00 Couture, Herman J., services 102.00 Donnelly, Andrew, services 3.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 298 Foisey, Hubert, services 119.00 Gildea, Thomas V., services 3.00 Gilfoil, Joseph, services 5.00 Keenan, James, services 13.00 LeShane, Richard, services 37.50 McGrath, Stephen F., services 3.00 McNeil, John H., services 3.00 Morash, Charles E., services 3.00 Norton, Edmund H., services 3.00 Pouliot, Wilfred, services 3.00 Ross, John, services 12.50 Shea, William J., services 8.00 Skuse, Donald, services 5.00 Torres, John, services 67.50 Ward, Grace E., services 17.50 $500.00 School Department-Maintenance Appropriation for 1945 $10,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 3,000.00 $13,000.00 Expenditures Allen Shade Holder Co., shades $649.42 American Fire Equipment Co., recharging ex- tinguishers 144.50 Ash, Guy N. repairing clock 5.00 Baker Co., Frank G., labor-boilers 1,019.00 Barnes & Jones, heating supplies 312.48 Black, Lester N., painting 103.18 Bittelair, Thomas, labor 9.30 Beaudette & Co., repair on Rex-0-graph 20.38 Bonner Co., John, grate bars 20.75 Boston Herald-Traveler, advertising 14.35 Boston & Maine R. R., freight 1.98 Boulevard Super Service, auto service 8.60 Brittain & Cannon Co., doors 20.50 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., maintenance & repair 16.19 Campbell Hardware Co., hardware 47.25 Cantflame Fire Proofing, fire-proofing com- bustible materials 450.00 Cinema, repair amplifier 32.47 Coolidge Paint & Supply Co., supplies 102.20 Coates, Ira R., labor 19.00 Cornick, Adolphus, labor 36.00 Cram, John, labor 12.00 Dennett & Bigelow, combination padlocks 55.33 Dick Co., A. B., mimeograph supplies 3.40 Electrical Installation Co., electrical repair 107.93 Farber, August, car repair 10.15 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 134.19 Fairbanks, Franklin, labor 3.90 Fisher Lawn Mower Service, lawn mower sharpened 7.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 299 Fitzgerald, Edward V., electrical work 40.50 Francis, Edward, labor 2.40 Frigidaire Division, services 7.15 Frederick, Harold, labor 9.30 Furia, Anthony D., labor 4.80 Gardner, Ralph, grates 259.65 Gayzagian, Mrs. G., piano 35.00 Gatchell Glass Co., glass 4.97 General Heat & Appliance Co., combustion chamber & service agreement 455.00 Globe Newspaper Co., advertising 13.20 Greene Co., L. Charlton, repair amplifier 18.60 Green & Co., S. B., cement & brick 82.40 Griffith Saw Co., Albert, supplies 65.07 Haines & Co., Wm. S., tubes 149.79 Harvey Co., Arthur C., steel 26.67 Hawes Electric Co., repair work-supplies 232.08 Hill, Edward, roof repair 10.00 Hinckley Bicycle Repair, re-tiring wheels 1.00 International Bus. Machines, repairing phone systems 42.22 Jacobsen Power Mower Co., repairing 131.70 Jewett Hdwe Co., hardware 25.46 Keenan, James, labor 79.50 Kelley, Jerry, labor 2.40 Johns-Manville Co., gaskets 15.84 Lawn Mower'Grinding Co.,,grinding 35.85 Maffioli, C., repair on boilers-mason work 971.55 Mass. Comm of., Reformatory for Women, flags 50.90 Mass. Comm of., Div. of the Blind, piano tuning & repairs 116.50 Comm of Mass., State Prison Colony, ash cans 57.60 MacIsaac, D., labor 4.80 McLean Co., D., hardware 17.00 McGlauf in, B. Fay, insurance 9.32 McWhirter, A. L., repair piano 35.00 Marchant, R., 'labor 4.80 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 10.64 Mendelsohn's, hardware 7.90 Merrill Shade & Screen Co., shades 96.00 Merrill, William S., sharpening shears .90 Middlesex Chemical Co., floor wax 66.00 Monroe Calculating Machine Co., maintenance 49.50 Mohawk Pete, auto repair 13.80 Multigraph, service 5.30 Narragansett Machine Co., keys 31.27 Newton Glass Co., glass 132.54 New Eng Laundries, laundry 1.94 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 7.60 O'Halloran, Richard, labor 2.40 Olmsted-Flint Corp., belting 42.96 Parisian Dye House, cleaning 22.02 Porter Co., William H., lumber 3.69 Powers Regulator Co., temperature control repair 69.22 Prentiss St. Garage, repair 3.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 300 Quinn, Terence, services 3.00 Quirk Corp., Edward S., tire repair 69.98 Robbins, Malcolm, labor 2.40 Rooney, William J., painting 2,440.25 Ross, David, services 624.98 Ross, David, garage-maintenance 192.02 Rundlett, Richard, labor 14.40 Russian, Stephen, labor 8.40 Scalgi, Robert, labor 4.80 Shutt, George L., recapping 35.05 Standard Electric Time Co., rectifier-supplies 434.94 Standard Maintenance Co., repairs to type- writers-Maintenance-Typewriters 530.00 State Chemical Co., disinfectant 31.25 Stearns, Howard, labor 4.80 Strickland, H., heating control repairs 35.80 Swaney Co., C. R., heating pump service 5.00 Titu---, L. C., carpenter, mason &Tender work 86.10 Todino, Arthur, labor 2.40 Toscano, Tony, services 10.00 Torres, John, labor 102.00 Thomson National Press Co., treadle 6.95 Tropical Paint & Oil Co., paint 101.78' Upit, Ralph, services 5.25 United Laboratories, plastic rock 89.20 Underwood Elliott-Fisher Co., repair part 3.65 Visual Education Service, repair 23.61 Waltham Chemical Co., services 35.00 Watertown Herald, advertising 15.00 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 18.80 Watertown Paint & Varnish Co., paint 10.93 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 485.19 Watertown Tribune Enterprise Co., advertising 8.00 Watertown Welding & Construction Co., welding 36.50 White, Peter J., carpentering 496.40 Wholesome Film Service, repair projector 13.50 Wholesome Radio Laboratories, tubes 8.48 Wolkins Co., Henry S., ink wells 14.13 Woodward-Wanger Co., plumbing supplies 15.55 Total Expenditures $12,977.14 Transferred to Revenue 22.86 $13,000.00 School Department-New Equipment Appropriation for 1945 $200.00 Expenditures Titchell, Chester, drums $126.10 Ward, Frank E., snare drum & stand 50.00 Total Expenditures $176.10 Transferred to Revenue 23.90 $200.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 301 School Department—iliedical Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $6,825.00 Expenditures Beverly, Marjorie, salary $1,800.00 Flynn, Agnes,.salary 1,725.00 Moore, Edith M., salary 1,080.00 Secord M.D., Walter N., salary 500.00 Smith, Martha M., salary 720.00 Toppan, M.D., Albert, salary 500.00 Zovickian, M.D., H., salary 500.00 $6,825.00 School Department—Sundries Appropriation for 1945 $160.00 Expenditures Dunn's Drug Store $11.61 Fairbanks-Morse & Co., repair on scale 4.58 Flynn, Agnes J., expenses 33.75 Hearing Aids Co., supplies 5.15 Jordan-Marsh Co., couch throws 5.96 Piccolo's Pharmacy, supplies • 66.46 Post First Aid Supply Co., supplies 20.95 Welch-Allyn Co., lamps 3.07 Total Expenditures $151.53 Transferred to Revenue 8.47 S160.00 School Department—Nurses' Expenses Appropriation for 1945 $540.00 Expenditures Beverly, Marjorie, transportation $180.00 Flynn, Agnes J., transportation & expenses 42.35 Smith, Martha M., transportation 72.00 Moore, Edith, transportation 108.00 Total Expenditures $402.35 Transferred to Revenue 137.65 $540.00 School Department—Evening School Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $1,000.00 Expenditures Campbell, Laura, salary $56.00 Cesarini, Laura, salary 44.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 302 Clem, Carl, salary 12.00 Collins, Margaret, salary 54.00 Deneen, Marie, salary 8.00 Cornick, Adolph, salary 16.00 Donald, William, salary 64.00 Keaney, Frank, salary 8.00 Keenan, James, salary 28.00 Keep, Marion P., salary 40.00 MacPherson, Mabel, salary 24.00 Mayo, Walter L., salary 40.00 McBreen, Eleanor, salary 64.00 McCarthy, Marjorie, salary 60.00 McDonald, Helena, salary 60.00 O'Toole, Mary, salary 64.00 Patterson, Helen, salary 26.00 Smith, Hazel, salary 36.00 Tierney, Muriel, salary 60.00 Tierney, Rita, salary 4.00 Tomassian, Martin, salary 60.00 Tynan, Eleanor, salary 48.00 Upit, Ralph, salary 4.00 Vacca, Carlo, salary 64.00 Whitney, Elizabeth, salary 56.00 $1,000.00 School Department-Evening School-Supplies Appropriation for 1945 $25.00 Transferred Town Meeting 600.00 $625.00 Expenditures American Book Co., books $10.58 Anderson. Katrina B., expense .95 Babb & C., Edward, supplies 86.12 Billett, Roy, speaker 25.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 102.23 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 8.27 Gregg Pub. Co., books 124.32 Gummere, Richard, speaker 25.00 I r-ie. Reuben, speaker 50.00 M^-millan Co., books 43.78 Mahoney, Thomas, speaker 25.00 Miles, Frankland, speaker 50.00 Rogers, Harold, speaker 25.00 Savage, Stewart, services 5.00 South Western Pub. Co., books 27.77 Upit, Ralph, service 5.00 United States Post Office, postage 8.00 Watertown Sun, cut 2.00 Total Expenditures $624.02 Transferred to Revenue .98 $625.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 303 School Department—Trade Appropriation for 1945 $7,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 1,600.00 $5,400.00 Expenditures Boston, City of, tuition $1,128.09 Lynn, City of, tuition 30.00 Medford, City of, tuition 87.50 Middlesex County, tuition 275.72 Newton, City of, tuition 3,393.57 Waltham, City of, tuition 484.63 Total Expenditures $5,399.51 Transferred to Revenue .49 $5,400.00 School Department—Transportation Appropriation for 1945 $3,500.00 Transferred Town Meeting 200.00 $3,700.00 Expenditures Godwin Taxi, transportation $574.80 Lovell Bus Lines 1,616.00 Middlesex & Boston Railway, transportation 1,447.50 Total Expenditures $3,638.30 Transferred to Revenue 61.70 $3,700.00 School Department—Retirement Fund Appropriation for 1945 $952.00 Expenditures Mass. Teachers' Retirement Board, Military leave, paid by town $951.98 Transferred to Revenue .02 $952.00 School Department—Boilers—East Junior High School Appropriation for 1945 $15,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 5,600.00 $9,400.00 Expenditures Cleghorn Co., boilers, labor—masonry work $8,378.05 Green & Co., S. B., suppies 78.20 Kimball Co., Richard D., engineers 721.80 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 304 Strickland, H. E., services (control system) 116.90 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., services 56.00 Total Expenditures- $9,350.95 Transferred to Revenue 49.05 $9,400.00 School Department-Juvenile Recreation Balance brought forward $3,318.70 Appropriation for 1945 8,600.00 $11,918.70 Transferred Town Meeting 2,000.00 $9,918.70 Expenditures Arbuckle, Jeanne, salary $52.50 Babb & Co., Edward E., recreation supplies 67.85 Beeten, Claire, salary 253.50 Bloomer, Gerard, salary 43.00 Bogen Co., David, recorder 77.00 Boserman, Evelyn, salary 33.50 Boston Edison Co., service 313.36 Clem, Carl, salary 18.50 Colby, Frances, salary 32.50 Comfort, Redford, services 7.00 Coolidge Cleansers Inc., Gym Mats 55.00 Conboy, Joan, salary 6.00 Collins, Margaret, salary 525.00 Cornick, Adolphus, services 22.00 Cram, John, services - 75.00 Daley, Catherine, salary 305.50 Devaney, Mary, services 40.50 DiComandrea, John A., salary 24.38 Donahue, Mary, salary 123.50 Donnellan, Alice, salary 51.50 Droney, Bridget, services 9.00 Droney, Margaret, salary 89.50 Farnum, Margaret, salary 7.00 Ellis, Mary F., salary 5.00 1-.van Gladys, salary 5.00 F'.rnn, Agnes, salary 19.50 Ford, Raymond, salary 114.30 Gleason, Robert, salary 240.00 Gough, Anna, salary 751.26 Gould, Carolyn, salary 8.00 Green Co., L. Charlton, phonograph 98.50 Guidrey, Virginia, salary 30.00 Hammett Co., J. L., supplies 59.37 Harris, Mary, salary 95.50 Hodges Badge Co., blue ribbons 11.40 Hoffman, Warren, salary 63.76 Howard, Mary, salary 6.00 Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co., supplies 470.83 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 305 Jordan Marsh Co., yarn-shirts-jerseys 23.68 Keenan, James, services 15.00 Kinchla, Ruth, salary 608.00 Leary, Robert, salary 54.75 Lee, Miles G., salary 24.00 Lyons, Helen Anne, salary 52.50 M. & N. Athletic Co., supplies 43.12 Malkasian, Stella, salary 147.50 Malley, Joseph, salary 40.00 McCarthy, Timothy, salary 90.50 McCartney, Arthur, salary 76.00 McCormack, Mary, salary 93.00 McDonald, Mary, salary 209.50 McGrath, Arthur, salary 77.00 McGrath, John, salary 339.39 MacKey, Helen, salary 49.00 MacManus, Helen, salary 133.00 Morrissey, Regina, services 56.00 Morrison, Elinor, salary 128.00 Murphy, Margaret, services 3.00 Newton Y.M.C.A., swimming 12.25 Palm, Helen, salary 3.50 Perkins, Arthur, salary 16.50 Perkins, Philip, salary 20.00 Prout, Jane, salary 91.00 Regan, Barbara, salary 46.50 Riley, Isabel, salary 108.50 Robinson, T. Donald, salary 37.00 Ross, John J., services 7.00 Rowe, Edna, salary 15.50 Sacco Rubbicco Bowling Alley Co., bowling 140.50 Savignana, Alvena, salary 128.00 Smith, Hazel, salary 21.00 Sullivan, Alice, salary 77.50 Sullivan, Daniel, salary 458.50 Sullivan, Mary, salary 59.50 Timper, Alma, salary 5.00 Tynan, Gertrude, salary 363.00 Ward, Edwin H., salary 375.50 Watertown Bowladrome, bowling 299.80 Y.M.C.A., gym privileges 328.25 Total Expenditures $9,088 25 Transferred to Revenue 830.45 $9,918.76 Public Library-Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $36,945.00 Transferred Town Meeting 660.00 $36,285.00 Expenditures Anderson, Edith, salary $190.80 Baker, Francis A., salary 489.90 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 306 Berry, Doris M., salary 1,277.40 Black, Lois, salary 34.25 Blakde, Mary' C., salary 1,700.00 Bostwick, Violet, salary 64.00 Camoreyt, Jeanne, salary 57.15 Cannon, John, salary 100.95 Cunningham, Mary, salary 19.95 Dolan, Patricia, salary 35.63 Dorey, Joann, salary 28.15 'Dunbar, Natalie S., salary 1,700.00 Ellis, Barbara, salary 23.15 Elphick, Ruth L., salary 1,800.00 Fitzgerald, Margaret, salary 8.00 Harney, Mary V., salary 1,475.00 Hemphill, Sue, salary 26.70 Higgins, Henry, salary 643.50 Howard, Ethel M., salary 400.00 Jalonen, Esther, salary 554.17 Jay, Helen W., salary 64.00 Johnson, Beatrice C., salary 2,375.00 Kelley, Rose M., salary 1,925.10 Krikorian, Annette, salary 25.10 LeShane, Richard, salary 230.00 Linderstrand, Dorothy, salary 187.88 Mannix, Bernard, salary 2,337.35 Martin, Doris G., salary 1,283.89 Masters, Lydia W., salary 3,800.00 McCabe, Elsie M., salary 1,339.07 McNally, Mary, salary 1,899.99 Menghi, Jacqueline, salary 153.85 Miller, Judith, salary 107.80 Moore, Eleanor L., salary 2,500.51 Morse, Stella M., salary 141.70 Murphy, Elizabeth, salary 5.25 Myers, Helen E., salary 1,875.00 Pollock, Charles, salary 468.67 Steffon, Violet, salary 10.50 Sullivan, Eleanor, salary 11.50 Testa, Esther E. Madden, salary 1,875.00 Toscano, Lucia A., salary 57.30 Tracey, Anne M., salary 1,700.00 York, Mary E., salary 141.78 Total Expenditures $35,144.94 Transferred to Revenue 1,140.06 $36,285.00 Public Library—Books—Periodicals & Bindings Appropriation for 1945 $8,000.00 Expenditures American Book Co., books $29.16 American Historical Assoc., dues 5.00 American Library Assoc., books 21.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 307 Arco Publishing Co., books 3.60 Avon Books Inc., books 32.30 Beckley-Cardy Co., books 50.08 Bellman Pub. Co., books 6.57 Blakiston Co., books 9.73 Boston Music Co., music 24.23 Bowker Co., R. R., book .75 Cadmus Books, books 82.47 Cox Book Co., Carol, books 59.25 Consumer's Union, subscription 4.00 Dame, Nathaniel, books 68.57 Day, Copelin R., books 107.04 DeWolfe & Fiske Co., books 17.55 Doubleday-Doran & Co., books 259.45 East & West Assoc., subscription 3.50 Encylopaedia Britannica Inc., encylopaedia 132.92 Fact on File, subscription 25.00 Foreign Policy Assoc., subscription 5.00 Ginn & Co., books 134.45 Goldberger Agency, Herman, subscriptions 48.95 Hairnek Assoc., books 4.00 Hale & Co., E. M., books 25.65 Hanson, A. L., books 503.05 Harral, Fred, newspapers 32.40 Heath & Co., D. C., books 14.29 Horn Book, subscription 5.41 Huntting Co., H. R., books 256.12 Ideal Publishing Co., books 7.50 Kirkus Bookshop, Virginia, subscription 20.00 MacPherson, Irene, books 33.70 Marquis Co., A. N., subscription 4.50 Martin & Murray, atlas 7.70 Mass Historical Society, subscription 3.10 New Eng His. & Geneal. Society, subscription 5.00 New Eng News Co., books 64.05 Newspaper Advertising Service, National Directory of Newspapers 1.50 Noble & Noble Pub. Co., books 28.81 Occupational Index Inc., abstracts 3.00 Page & Co., L. C., books 6.15 Personal Book Shop,books 3,441.50 Quarrie Corp., encyclopaedias 350.05 Robinson, G. Fred, books 6.00 Sackett, Meyer H., books 378.72 Science Research Assoc., renewal 19.50 Scribners Sons, Charles, books 7.05 Society for Occupational Research, books 16.00 Strand Book Store, books 18.00 Szalatnay, Rafael D., books 6.40 Toothaker, S. H., books 46.39 Twentieth Century Fund, books 1.87 Watertown News Co., newspapers 60.00 Watertown Sun, subscriptions 12.00 Wells Binder, L. A., binding 1,301.21 Williams, James A., books 19.25 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 308 Wilson Co., H: W., books 113.61 Womraths Bookshops, books 45.34 Total Expenditures $7,999.89 Transferred to Revenue .11 $8,000.00 Public Library-Maintenance Appropriation for 1945 $5,300.00 Expenditures American Library Assoc., dues $15.00 Ash, Wilfred E., care of grounds 35.70 Baker Co., Frank G., heating work 50.00 Barnard & Co., F. J., gray slips 2.71 Black, Lester M., painting 57.00 Blake & Rebhan Co., office supplies 1.23 Boston Cons. Gas Co., service 79.10 Boston Edison Co., service 1,113.12 Bowker Co., R. R., lists 37.93 Brown, Charles Jewell, shrubs & service 25.00 Carter-Rice & Co., paper supplies 5.45 Colonial-Beacon Oil Co., burner service 5.43 Cook-Vivian Co., paper supplies 14.20 Demeo Library Supplies, paste 66.35 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 274.80 Evans Printing Service, printing 68.22 Fisher Lawn Mower Service,sharpening mowers 9.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies 32.23 Fort Hill Paper Co., paper supplies 2.99 Gaylord Bros., date slips, shellac-supplies 175.44 General Heat & Appliance Co., checking burner 9.50 General Mills Inc., land dressing 4.40 Godig, Herbert, labor 1.50 Godwin Taxi, carrying books 136.50 Hawes Electric Co., lamps 38.81 Higgins, Henry, carrying books 70.00 Home Maintenance & Supply Co., installing oil burner 375.00 Iliffe Co., William H., labor 10.08 Librarian of Congress, cards 109.88 McArdle, H. B., office supplies 175.15 MacIntosh Coal Co., John, coal 126.66 Massa & Sons, Vincenzo, roof repair 10.00 Mass. Library Assoc., subscription 5.00 Masters, Lydia W., incidentals 125.54 Metropolitan Ice Co., oil 1,020.22 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 9.95 National Education Assoc., subscription 5.00 National Super Service Co., supplies 4.18 New Eng Tel & Tel Co., service 272.44 Personal Book Shop, book 1.00 Porter Co., Williams H., roofing-carpentering 398.91 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION ` 309 Remington-Rand Inc., supplies 44.40 Rogers Co., "Magic Sheen" 6.17 Sampson, Paul, carpentering 22.50 Shea, Albert J., venetian blind repair 3.95 Smith & Corona Typewriter Co., L. C., books for ribbons 13.00 Spalding, A. & E., refinishing counters 75.00 Standard Window Cleaning Co., window cleaning 28.00 Stetson Co.. M.D., cleaning supplies 86.60 Stone & Forsythe Co., green tape 15.30 Swaney Co., C. A., services 8.57 Twohill Co., James, officer supplies 4.04 Watertown, Town of, metered water 11.40 Total Expenditures $5,299.55 Transferred to Revenue .45 $5,300.00 Public Library—Special Repairs Appropriation for 1945 $675.00 Expenditures Black, Lester M., painting $80.00 Porter Co., Inc., William H., special repairs 595.00 $675.00 Library Trust Fund Income Balance brought forward $8.20 Income received 428.75 $436.95 Expenditures Goldberger Agency, Herman, subscriptions $400.00 Personal Book Shop, books 28.75 Total Expenditures $428.75 Balance carried forNi and 8.20 $436.95 RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Park Department—Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1945 $2,600.00 Expenditures Mosman, Arthur D., salary $2,600.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE.FIRE PREVENTION 310 Park Department—Salary of Clerk Appropriation for 1945 $112.50 Expenditures Rundlett, Laura, salary $112.50 Park Department—Labor Appropriation for 1945 $10,648.80 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $8,390:27 Transferred to Revenue 2,258.53 $10,648.80 Park Department—Extra Labor Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $1,715.08 Transferred to Revenue 284.92 $2,000.00 Park Department—Maintenance Appropriation for 1945 $2,300.00 Expenditures Automatic Heating Sales & Service, heating repair $18.50 Blake & Rebhan, desk set 2.94 Boston Cons Gas. Co., service 76.61 Boston Edison Co., service 26.53 Boulevard Super Service Co., auto service 177.34 Boston & Maine R. R., freight 2.26 Brown, Charles Jewell, supplies 117.50 Comeau, Wm. J., fan belt 1.50 DePass Service Station, used heater 5.00 Dolge Co., C. B., weed killer 23.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 18.79 Farm Bureau Association, "Weedone" 8.00 Fisher Lawn Mower Service, repair mower 86.50 Fletcher Hdwe Co., supplies 198.32 Garden City Motor Parts, hoe .50 Gatchell Glass Co., glass 5.15 Gilchrist Co., flag 8.73 Green & Co., Inc., S. B., line-salt 54.00 Hird, Kenneth C., photo 2.50 Ideal Mower Sales & Service, bearings 3.00 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 185.49 Lawn Mower Grinding Co., grinding 7.00 Local Plumbing & Heating Co., plumbing 123.48 Loring, R. Curtis, lawn mowers sharpened 3.50 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 311 Mass Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies .66 McCree, John, tools 32.25 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 21.63 Meister, O. J., making irons for roller 10.50 Moloney M.D., Albert M., services 5.00 Morrell Oil Co., oil 199.82 Mosman, Arthur D., post cards 1.00 New Eng Tel & Tel Co., service 49.76 New Eng Toro Co., snow scoops 24.30 Otis Bros. Co., rubber coats & gloves 43.98 Prominent Specialty Co., weed killer 15.00 Quirk Corp., Edw. S., recapping 18.00 Raymond, D. B., cinders 15.00 Riley's Tydol Service Station, repair 15.00 Robinsan Clay Products Co., pipes 10.46 Shutt, George L., tire repair 39.47 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto parts 119.66 Stetson Co., M. D., disinfectant 26.55 Strum, A. W., filing saws 3.00 Sumner & Dunbar, fittings for pump-water fountains 146.25 Systrom Co., E. W., hose 9.90 Thompson-Durkee Co., bubbler 26.88 Triconi, S., loam 75.00 Tropical Paint & Oil Co., paint 48.75 Watertown, Town of, metered water 148.40 Watertown Letter Shop, typewriting 6.00 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 19.62 York, M. D., Robert S., services 11.00 Total Expenditures $2,298.98 Transferred to Revenue 1.02 $2,300.00 Park Department-New Equipment Appropriation for 1945 $700.00 Expenditures Dinn & Co., P. J., tennis nets $54.32 Fletcher Co., hardware 2.36 Grant Co., W. T., material 81.62 Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co., sporting goods 379.50 McGillvery, Miss Mary, sewing supplies 1.74 Mooney Card Shop, supplies 17.45 Morse Body Mfg. Co., oak 18.25 Sumner & Dunbar, bubblers 39.44 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 7.08 Woolworth Co., F. W., supplies 45.45 Total Expenditures $647.21 Transferred to Revenue 52.79 $700.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 312 Park Department—New Plow Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Systrom Co., E. W., new plow $300.00 Park Department—Juvenile Recreation Balance brought forward $4,605.45 Expenditures Babb & Co., Edward E., swing outfits $370.95 Dinn & Co., P. J., wire tennis nets 48.00 Folino, Tony F., tennis courts 4,163.26 Total Expenditures $4,582.21 Transferred to Revenue 23.24 $4,605.45 Park Department—New Fence Appropriation for 1945 $1,000.00 Expenditures Dinn & Co., P. J., tennis fence enclosure $982.00 Transferred to Revenue 18.00 $1,000.00 Playground—Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $3,040.00 Expenditures Bickford, Beverly, salary $160.00 Bradley, Richard, salary 160.00 Carroll, Joseph L., salary 240.00 Cate, Elizabeth, salary 160.00 Clark, Roy, salary 160.00 Delaney, Ann, salary 160.00 Doherty, Henry, salary 160.00 Donahue, Mary L., salary 240.00 Donald, Mary, salary 160.00 Furfey, Florence, salary 160.00 Gallagher, Mary, salary 160.00 Johnson, Ethel, salary 140.00 Keefe, Ann, salary 160.00 Loughlin, Rita, salary 160.00 Mannix, Barbara, salary 160.00 McGillvary, Mary, salary 160.00 Northrup, Connie, salary 160.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 313 Rundlett, Laura, salary 20.00 Toscano, Lucia, salary 160.00 $3,040.00 Playground—Recreation Equipment Appropriation for 1945 $1,400.00 Expenditures Babb & Co., Edward E., outdoor back boards $1,075.20 Metcalfe & Co., recreational supplies .90 Toscano, Lucia, exhibition supplies 2.00 $1,078.10 Balance carried forward 321.90 $1,400.00 Pensions Appropriation for 199459 $34,740.38 Transferred Town Meeting 375.00 Transferred Reserve Fund 300.00 $35,415.38 Expenditures Andrews, John, pensions $600.00 Black, John, pension 583.32 Brennan, John, pension 886.84 Brown, Vernon S., pension 1,100.00 Burke, James P., pension 1,550.00 Burke, Martin, pension 582.40 Burke, Wm., pension 192.23 Coleman, Wm. P., pension 538.05 Conti, Domenic, pension 834.66 D'Amico, Michael, pension 953.34 Dardis, James, pension 107.35 Days, James, pension -1,043.34 Devaney, Thos. W., pension 499.65 Ford, Joseph, pension 182.00 Gleason, John F., pension 767.34 Howard, Wm. A,pension 1,000.00 Keefe, John F., pension 423.50 Kelley, John J., pension 1,350.00 Kenney, Edward, pension , 958.31 Liston, E. J., pension 1,100.00 Loughlin, J. F., pension 1,150.00 Lyons, Dennis, pension 53.33 Maguire, John J., pension 1,232.71 Maguire, Peter, pension 912.91 McDermott, Michael, pension 710.51 Milmore, John F., pension 1,900.00 Murphy, Thomas J., pension 1,100.00 O'Brien, Patrick J., pension 710.51 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 314 O'Donnell, Thomas, pension 803.36 O'Hearn, John W., pension 1,600.00 O'Leary, John J., pension 1,100.00 Oliveto, Frank, pension 912.91 Perkins, Louis, pension 1,100.00 Russo, Dominic, pension 886.84 Shields, John, pension 803.36 Stead, Joseph, pension 1,225.00 Walsh, Joseph A., pension 1,100.00 Walsh, Patrick, pension 772.50 White, George E., pension 1,100.00 Zuppe, Frank, pension 886.84 Total Expenditures $35,313.11 Transferred to Revenue 102.27 $35,415.38 Annuities Appropriation for 1945 $7,750.00 Transferred Town Meeting 235.00 $7,985.00 Expenditures Carney, Margaret, annuity $750.00 Clifford, Mary J., annuity 1,350.00 Ford, Gertrude A., annuity 750.00 McElluney, Lydia, annuity 750.00 Mee, Vivienne, annuity 1,150.00 Munhall, Blanche, annuity 218.02 Nichols, Sadie, annuity 750.00 Streeter, Katie C., annuity 750.00 Welsh, Alice, annuity 1,500.00 Total Expenditures $7,968.02 Transferred to Revenue 16.98 $7,985.00 Memorial Day Appropriation for 1945 $1,500.00 Transferred Reserve Fund 400.00 $1,900.00 Expenditures General Committee American Post No. 99, A. L., ammunition $56.00 American Post No. 99 Drill Team, services 50.00 Mt. Trinity Academy, band services 25.00 Quinn, Edward M., postage & telephone 6.50 St. Patrick's Band, services 100.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 315 Watertown High School Band, and Watertown Junior High School, services 135.00 Watertown Letter Shop, mimeographing & typing 11.00 American Legion Mason, Ralph W., flowers $318.25 Watertown Letter Shop, printing 21.00 Watertown Post No. 99 Amer. Legion, decoration graves 43.75 Veterans Foreign Wars Betty Bakerite, lunches $9.60 Evans Printing Service, printing 25.50 H. & H. Co., coffee 13.00 Harding Uniform & Regalia Co., grave markers -flags 15.16 Kostick's Delicatessen, lunches 27.60 Lyndonville Creamery Ass'n, milk 7.88 Mason, Ralph W., flowers 138.75 Quinlan, Frank H., postage-phone calls-general orders 15.50 Scott, Ernest, markers-ammunition 64.00 Shutt, Charles J., carpentering 53.01 White, R. J., transportation 15.00 Disabled American Veterans O'Connor, William J., use of car $20.00 Newton Corner Press, printing 15.00 Watertown Chapter No. 14 D.A.V., miscellaneous expenses-wreathes 212.15 Sons Union Veterans Baboian, Charles, reader $2.00 Boston Elevated Railway Co., special car 16.00 Camp No. 29 S.U.V.C.W., bronze plaque 23.00 Commander Post No. 81 G.A.R., flowers 5.00 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 21.85 Elliott, Marcia, stationery-stamps-taxi-phone calls 5.04 Godwin's Taxi, transportation 26.65 Gonsalo, Jean, sounding taps 2.00 Goodale, Margaret G., lunches 28.76 Harding Uniform & Regalia Co., grave marker flags 35.09 Hicks, James, repairing chairs & settees 24.75 Mason, Ralph W., flowers 30.75 Pollock, Harold, transportation 7.00 Ryan, Harold A., wreaths 10.00 Waterhouse, Rev. E. G., chaplain 25.00 Watertown Sun, advertising 7.00 Woburn Pansy Growers, pansies 100.00 Total Expenditures $1,768.54 Transferred to Revenue 131.46 $1,900.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 316 Insurance Appropriation for 1945 $8,797.20 Expe7zditures Applin, H. Herbert, insurance $1,210.00 Barrett, John W., insurance 1,210.00 McGlauflin, B. Fay, insurance 1,210.00 Mutual Boiler Insurance Co., insurance 940.48 Oates, Edward A., insurance 1,210.00 Stone, Edwin L., insurance 1,220.45 Vahey, Martin L., insurance 1,210.00 Wright, Edward F., insurance 168.39 Total Expenditures $8,379.32 Transferred to Revenue 417.88 $8,797.20 Workmen's Compensation Agent Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Norcross, W. W., Jr., salary $300.00 Workmen's Compensation Appropriation for 1945 $5,500.00 Transferred Reserve Fund 500.00 $6,000.00 Expenditures Ajamian, Joseph, compensation $40.00 Barron, M. D., Albert L., services 19.00 Burger, M. D., Francis J., services 2.00 Butler's Drug Store, supplies 2.00 Cambridge Hospital, x-rays—care 99.35 Canzanelli, M. D., Pericles, services 107.00 Chester Hospital, care 84.50 Collins, Richard, compensation 48.57 Donovan, M. D., Wm. F., services 39.00 Dunn Drug Store, supplies 20.05 Eaton, Leroy S., letterheads 5.75 Fletcher Optical Shop, glasses 5.00 Fox Drug Store, prescription 3.00 Fucci, Pasquale, compensation 180.00 Gallupe, M. D., H. Quimby, services 75.00 Goldthwaite Co., C. H., support 10.00 Goodman, John, compensation 918.00 Gorman, M. D., Eugene F., services 118.00 Keefe, John F., compensation 425.70 Kelley, M. D., Edward J., services 13.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 317 Kevorkian, M. D., J. J., services 64.00 Koumjian, Charles, compensation 87.20 Landesman, M. D., Henry M., services 45.00 Lin, Antonio, compensation 125.68 Malone, M. D., Stephen J., services 10.00 Mass., Comm. of, Div. of Accidents, services 10.00 McNicholas, James, compensation 40.00 Milmore, Thomas, compensation 54.27 Morley, Thomas P., compensation 222.85 Moss, G. James, compensation 228.57 Pane, Michael, eyeglasses 20.00 Pesce, M. D., Guy C., services 5.00 Piccolo's Pharmacy, prescriptions 4.00 Pomeroy Co., truss 24.00 Rand. Claude Allen, prescription 2.50 Ruggierio, Domenic, compensation 574.24 Secord, M. D., Walter N., services 35.00 Slattery, M. D., John J., services 170.00 Smith & Co., G. W., elastic stockings 4.40 Smith, Wni., compensation 91.43 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, x-ray 10.00 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 7.00 Supple, M. D., William R., services 75.00 Touzian, M. D., Y. T., services 47.00 Waltham Hospital, care 40.00 Wells, M. D.'s & Madigan, eyeglasses 3.75 Whalen, Mrs. Patrick E., compensation 510.00 White & Co., C. W., trusses 12.00 Williams, George, compensation 154.28 Wylie Clinic, services 350.95 York, M. D., Robert S., services 15.00 Zovickian, M. D., H., services 9.00 Total Expenditures $5,271.04 , Transferred to Revenue 728.96 $6,000.00 Printing Town Report Appropriation for 1945 $1,916.25 Expenditures Eaton. Leroy S., printing $1,916.25 Zoning By-Laws Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Knoll, Marian, typing $3.00 Balance carried forward 297.00 $300.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 318 Ieadquarters—Veterans Foreign IVars Appropriation for 1945 $1,700.00 Expenditures Greene, Estate Frederick, rent $1,280.00 Tomasetti, George, rent 360.00 Total Expenditures $1,640.00 Transferred to Revenue 60.00 $1,700.00 Headquarters—Disabled American Veterans Appropriation for 1945 $360.00 Expenditures Oxley Co., John H., rent $360.00 Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Transferred Reserve Fund 1,850.00 $3,850.00 Expenditures American District Tel. Co., burglar alarm $288.00 Atlantic Flag Pole Co., repairing—painting 73.17 Automatic Heating & Sales Service, heating work 47.50 Beaudette & Co., Inc., pictures framed 4.00 Boston Edison Co., service 30.20 Butler, P. F. & C. W. Blockett, x-ray 10.00 Boudakian, Armand, census 125.00 Ciavarra, D., settlement 62.40 Crandon, Lyn, photographs 3.00 Donnelly, Andrew, census 150.00 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware .30 Fishfush, George, settlement 150.00 Forbush, Cyril W., trees 87.00 Gettes, Dr. Charles N., services 10.00 Hawes Electric Co., bulbs 10.00 Higgins, John A., census 125.00 Hoarty, Thomas F., gold-leaf 33.25 Hobbs & Warren, forms 3.00 Howard Clock Products, adjusting 14.00 Hughes, Joseph M., plumbing 91.75 Janeway, M. D., Charles A., hearing 50.00 Kelly, Frank, settlement 62.40 Kickham, M. D., Charles, services 35.00 Long, John P., census 125.00 Lydston, W. W., ink-well maintenance 8.00 Lyons, Stephen F., census 125.00 _ STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 319 Mass. Gas & Electric Light Co., bulbs 7.20 McGarty, M. D., M. E., services 15.00 McGlinchey, Anna, settlement 85.00 Miller, Charles, barn torn down 75.00 Mooney Card Shop, supplies 52.50 Moore, Catherine J., settlement 100.00 Morrisey, Phyllis, settlement 50.00 Morrisey, Walter J., settlement 50.00 Murphy, Edward P., census 125.00 Murphy, M. D., William P., services 50.00 O'Neil, Arthur J., census 125.00 Parker, Harold M., census 125.00 Perkins, Arthur F., census 125.00 Rattigan, Grace, settlement 100.00 Reed, George W., paint & gold leaf church clock 300.00 Reilly, James M., census 125.00 Robbins & Myers Inc., transportation 1.80 St. Elizabeth's Hospital, examination 20.00 Tartakoff, M. D., Samuel, services 15.00 Titus, L. C., work on town clock 22.50 Todd, Donald R., census 125.00 Touzian, M. D., Y. T., hearing 50.00 Universal Decorating Co., draping buildings 125.00 Watertown Electric Supply Co., clock 9.95 Watertown Plumbing & Heating Co., repairs 5.25 Webster, Edward C., expenses 8.08 Webster Studio Home, photos 36.00 Wellman, George B., census 150.00 Total Expenditures $3,801.25 Transferred to Revenue 48.75 $3,850.00 Reserve Fund Appropriation for 1945 $35,000.00 Transfers Contingent $1,850.00 Grove Street Bridge 2,500.00 Grove Street Drain 1,300.00 Highway-vacations 500.00 Infirmary-general expense 200.00 Memorial Day 400.00 Old Age Assistance 18,000.00 Outside Aid 7,929.38 Pensions 300.00 Sewers-Construction 900.00 Workmen's Compensation 500.00 Transferred $34,379.38 Transferred to Revenue 620.62 $35,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 320 Board of Appeals—Chairman—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $200.00 Expenditures Tangusso, Sebastian, salary $200.00 Board of Appeals—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Coolidge Printing Co., printing $8.50 Eaton, Leroy S., printing 7.50 Kerivan, Helen F., services 150.00 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 105.50 Total Expenditures $271.50 Transferred to Revenue 28.50 $300.00 Town Defense Balance brought forward $5,213.28 Transferred Town Meeting 2,900.00 $2,313.28 Expenditures Boston Edison Co., service $3.75 Laughrea, Giles A., post cards 1.30 New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co., service 5.39 Parisian Dye House, cleaning 92.50 Watertown Square Garage, storage 110.00 Total Expenditures $212.94 Balance carried forward 2,100.34 $2,313.28 Purchase of War Bonds Appropriation for 1945 $50,000.00 Expenditures Union Market National Bank $50,000.00 Special—Eyeglasses for School Children Appropriation for 1945 $250.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 321 Expenditures Donovan, M. D., W. F., eyeglasses $15.00 Schindler, John, eyeglasses 35.00 Total Expenditures $50.00 Transferred to Revenue 200.00 $250.00 World War Memorial Home Balance brought forward $534.70 Expenditures Titus, L. C., work on home $533.00 Transferred to Revenue 1.70 $534.70 Contributory Retirement Pension System Appropriation for 1945 $37,719.68 Expenditures Retirement Board $37,719.68 W. P. A. Municipal Garage Balance carried forward $819.78 Expenditures Davidson Fan Co., "Handiheater" $86.00 Dinn & Co., P. J., window mesh grilles 733.78 $819.78 Land for Dump Appropriation for 1945 $50,000.00 Expenditures McNamara, John H., land $50,000.00 Pay Roll Deductions for War Bonds Balance brought forward $2,692.45 Pay-roll Deductions 33,052.83 $35,745.28 Expenditures Purchase of War Bonds $32,233.48 Balance carried forward 3,511.80 $35,745.28 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 322 Pay-roll Deductions—With-holding Tax Balance brought forward $23,250.33 Pay-roll Deductions 174,259.62 $197,509.95 Expenditures Paid Federal Government $175,050.06 Balance carried forward 22,459.89 $197,509.95 ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES Water Department—Salary of Superintendent Appropriation for 1945 $4,000.00 Expenditures Oates, Michael B., salary $4,000.00 Water Department—Asst. Superintendent's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Johnson, Edwin, salary $3,000.00 Water Department—Registrar's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Armstrong, Thomas L., salary $3,000.00 Water Department—Principal Clerk—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1,980.00 Expenditures Rundlett, Laura B., salary $1,980.00 Water Department—Senior Clerk—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $1,620.00 Expenditures Wright, Angela Dominchello, salary $1,620.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 323 Water Department—Meter Readers—Salaries Appropriation for 1945 $7,099.20 Expenditures Weekly, pay-rolls $7,099.20 Water Department—Service Foreman—Salary Appropriation for 1945 $3,000.00 Expenditures Cahill, Patrick D., salary $3,000.00 Water Department—Office Expense Appropriation for 1945 $1,600.00 Expenditures Adams Stationery Co., binding book $15.00 Addressograph Sales Agency, inspection—supplies 33.76 Allen Bros. Corp., repair numbering machine—dater 8.05 American City Magazine, subscription 2.00 Belmont Herald, advertising 6.00 Boston Elevated Railway, car tickets 10.00 Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Co., charts 901 Evans Printing Service, printing 299.96 Fletcher Hardware Co., hardware 10.69 Graybar Electric Co., adjustable bracket 3.95 Johnson Co., Andrews T., supplies 49.68 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 32.04 Metcalfe & Co., flashlight cases 5.73 Middlesex & Boston St. Railway, bus tickets 5.00 Miller-Bryant-Pierce, carbon paper 9.00 Mooney Card Shop, office supplies 195.81 New Eng. Adding Machine Co., repairs 6.05 New Eng. Towel Supply Co., towel supply 10.80 New Eng. Water Works Assoc., subscription 4.00 Postmaster—Boston, postage 709.41 Proctor, S. E. & R. C., batteries—supplies 18.72 Railway Express Agency, express .41 Standard Maintenance Co., typewriter maintenance 54.60 Underwood Corp., service 60.00. Underwood Elliott Fisher Co., ribbons 6.35 Watertown Herald, advertising 4.00 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 8.88 Watertown Sun, advertising 9.43 Watertown Tribune-Enterprise, advertising 9.00 Total Expenditures $1,597.33 Transferred to Revenue 2.67 $1,600.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 324 Water Department-Maintenance-Labor Appropriation for 1945 $39,557.60 Transferred Town Meeting 500.00 $39,057.60 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $33,389.05 Transferred to Revenue 5,668.55 $39,057.60 Water Department-Maintenance-Materials Appropriation for 1945 $7,000.00 Expenditures A. B. C. Motor Transportation Co., express $1.44 A. & J. Auto Ignition Co., auto service 24.96 Beach, N. F., photographs 5.00 Bennett Co., faucets 23.91 Boston Edison Co., service 71.76 Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight 14.91 Brown, Charles Jewell, milorganite 39.50 Caldwell Co., Geo. A., repair parts 19.02 Commonwealth Chevrolet Co., parts 2.81 Crosby Steam Gauge & Valve Co., charts-pens & ink 5.89 Curry Bros. Oil Co., packing-oil 98.85 Darley & Co., W. S., repairs to dipping needle 4.13 Davis, R. G., auto repair 246.14 Dishian, Nazar, red cloth 4.20 Dunn Drug Store, first aid supplies 7.59 East Watertown Cement Block Co., cement blocks 15.80 Edson Corp., fittings 5.60 Eureka Pipe Co., cement lined pipe 565.20 Evans Printing Service, printing books 13.75 Everett Bros. Inc., express 4.59 Feeley's Esso Service, auto service 14.00 Field Machinery Co., repair 49.38 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 229.67 Ford Meter Box Co., wabash covers 18.40 Garden City Motor Parts, repair parts .50 Gatchell Glass Co., Inc., glass 16.60 Green & Co., S. B., lime 4.13 Halpin's Welding Shop, welding 10.50 Harris, Charles A., rubber boots 63.00 Hebert & Co., Wm., tin work 2.30 Hersey Mfg. Co., meter supplies 423.44 Homelite Corp., supplies 266.95 J. K. T. Auto Repairing Service, auto repairing 460.21 Jenney Mfg. Co., gas 961.48 Keefe, Mary G., insurance 59.00 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., gate valve 70.56 Kinch, Ralph W., oak & milling 4.00 Lawn Mower Grinding Co., mower grinding 3.85 Linde Air Products Co., prest-o-lite 2.75 Macauley & Son, sharpening tools 11.30 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 325 MacIntosh Coal Co., coal 259.62 Mass. Gas & Electric Lt. Supp. Co., supplies 12.34 . Mass. Motor Car Co., Inc., auto service 2.61 McCree, John, tools 1M80 _ Meister, O. J., sign brackets-sharpening bars 85.50 Milmore, Fred J., signs 16.00 Monahan Transportation Co., express .72 Morley,.Thomas, auto repair 69.0,0 Moye Chevrolet Co., winter front-supplies 37.60 Mt. Auburn Motors, auto parts 9.35 Mueller Co., repairing tools 5.51 National-Boston Lead Co., lead pipe 51.62 Newton Radiator Service, radiator service 7.00 Newton Used Car & Parts Co., heater 15.00 New England Brick Co., bricks 1.88 Oates, Edward A., insurance 89.70 Oates, Michael B., garage 60.00 Parker, Irving, auto repair 108.00 Parker-Danner Co., equipment 14.26 Public Works Dept. Water Division, pipe 13.04 Railway Express Agency, express •57 Rain's Express, pipe fittings .72 Red Hed Mfg. Co., brass goods 454.93 Registry of Motor Vehicles, registering 13.00 Snap-On-Tools Corp., tools 2.85 Shutt, George L., tube service 227.61 Sostilio & Son, N., cord wood 38.00 Standard Auto Gear Co., auto parts 156.18 Star Market Co., soap •90 Stone, Edwin L., insurance 46.49 Sullivan & Son, James H., oil 2625 Summer Street Garage, auto service 163.73 Sumner & Dunbar, fittings 386.10 Thompson-Durkee Co., pipe 62.01 Vahey, Martin L., insurance 167.40 Vatco Mfg. Co., seat cover 7.50 Victory Wiping Cloth Co., wiping cloths 42.75 Waltham Screw Co., couplings 33.09 Waterproof Paint & Varnish Co., paint 25.32 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 53.89 Watertown Welding Co., welding 53.00 Waverley Heating & Supply Co., heating supplies 18.99 White Co., John J., hay 17.03 White Motor Co., motor service 169.69 White & Coughlin Motor Sales, auto service 8.30 Total Expenditures $6,995.92 Transferred to Revenue 4.08 $7.003 03 Water Department-Emergency-Overtime Appropriation for 1945 $1,000.00 Transferred Town Meeting 500.00 $1,500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 326 Expenditures Pay-roll, weekly $1,499.99 Transferred to Revenue .01 $1,500.00 Water Department—Vacations Appropriation for 1945 $1,576.00 Expenditures Pay-rolls, vacations $1,336.00 Transferred to Revenue 240.00 $1,576.00 Water Department—Water Liens Appropriation for 1945 $250.00 Expenditures Coolidge Printing Co., printing $6.40 Evans Printing Service, printing 103.00 Middlesex Registry of Deeds, recording 3.20 Postmaster—Boston, envelopes 100.44 Total Expenditures $213.04 Transferred to Revenue 36.96 $250.00 Water Department—Construction & Reconstruction Appropriation for 1945 $358.05 Expenditures American Oil Products Co., concrete $69.30 B & A Diner, lunches 48.50 Builders-Providence Inc., fittings 66.11 Higgins, Edmund, services 20.00 Kirwan, Francis M., services 10.00 Linde Air Products Co., supplies 5.50 Macaulay & Son D., tools sharpened .75 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 35.25 Meister, O. J., sharpening tools 12.25 Monahan Transportation Co., transportation 2.66 Total Expenditures $270.32 Transferred to Revenue 87.73 $358.05 Water Department—New Ilouse Connections Appropriation for 1945 $1,000.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 327 Expenditures Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight $3.31 Caldwell Co., George A., fittings 40.26 E. Watertown Cement Block Co., cement blocks 3.00 Mueller Co., stop and drains 161.84 Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co., meters 566.25 Railway Express Agency, express .67 Red Hed Mfg. Co., brass goods 224.33 Total Expenditures $999.66 Transferred to Revenue .34 $1,000.00 Water Department—New Meters Appropriation for 1945 $300.00 Expenditures Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co., meters $300.00 Water Department—New Hydrants Appropriation for 1945 $3,144.50 Expenditures Boston & Maine R. R., freight $5.06 Builders-Providence Inc., fittings 71.60 Kennedy Valve Mfg. Co., valves 2,177.61 Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., sleeves and valves 66.56 Monahan Transportation Co., express 1.66 Sostilio & Son, N., wood 42.00 Sumner & Dunbar Co., supplies 270.96 Warren Pipe Co. of Mass., pipe 490.88 Total Expenditures $3,126.33 Transferred to Revenue 18.17 $3,144.50 Water Department—Use of Car—Registrar Appropriation for 1945 $312.00 Expenditures Armstrong, Thomas L., use of car $312.00 Water Department—New 1, Ton Truck Appropriation for 1945 $2,492.42 Expenditures Meister, O. J., platform body $500.00 White Motor Co., truck 1,992.42 $2,492.42 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 328 Water Department—Grove Street Appropriation for 1945 $6,776.85 Expenditures Associated Transport Inc., express $21.39 Builders Iron Foundry, fittings 451.12 E. Watertown Cement Block Co., cement and bricks 31.70 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 70.85 Folino & Sons, Tony, digging trench and back fill 662.75 Hercules Trucking Co., trucking 3.76 Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves 584.79 D. Macauley & Son, D., tools sharpened 24.15 MacIntosh Coal Co., John, wood 1.00 McNamara Inc., J. H., concrete 33.98 Meister, O. J., sharpen tools 8.00 Metcalfe & Co., rubber hose 16.90 Monahan Transportation Co., express 14.48 Parker-Danner Co., equipment 51.52 Red Hed Mfg. Co., tap and drill 18.48 Sullivan & Son, James H., gas 20.50 Sumner & Dunbar, heavy service boxes 100.00 United States Pipe & Foundry Co., pipe 1,584.17 Warren Pipe Co., pipe 1,443.20 Watertown Lumber Co., lumber 147.06 Gil Wyner & Co., labor 1,380.00 Total Expenditures $6,669.80 Balance carried forward 107.05 $6,776.85 Cemetery Department—Superintendent's Salary Appropriation for 1945 $2,600.00 Expenditures Horton, Van D., salary $1,791.43 Transferred to Revenue 808.57 $2,600.00 Cemetery Department—Labor App_3priation for 1945 $6,400.00 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly $6,368.40 Transferred to Revenue 31.60 $6,400.00 Cemetery Department—Extra Labor Appropriation for 1945 $4,800.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION - 329 Expenditures Pay-rolls, weekly $4,797.23 Transferred to Revenue 2.77 $4,800.00 Cemetery Department—Contingent Appropriation for 1945 $900.00 Expenditures Alger Oil & Ice Co., oil $2.00 American Cemetery, subscription 3.00 Auto Sickle Co., "Allcut" 26.95 Brown, Charles Jewell, milorganite 9.75 Dolge Co., C. B., weed killer 23.00 Eaton, Leroy S., envelopes 31.60 Fletcher Hdwe Co., hardware 158.16 Frost Insecticide Co., arsenate of lead 12.00 Goding, Herbert, labor 1.50 Green & Co., Inc., S. B., cement and sand 90.18 Hebert & Co., Wm., tin work 5.35 Horton, Van D., gas 61.12 Hydrol Chemical Co., grass set 95.55 MacIntosh Coal Co., John, coal 24.66 Mason, Ralph W., seeds 1.00 McVey, T. H., curbing 75.00 Meister, O. J., handle put on tool, sharpening tools 19.00 Mooney Card Shop, office; supplies 14.91 New Eng. Cemetery Service, overhauling device 12.64 Nonantum Lumber Co., lumber 35.95 Romano, S., trucking 5.00 Triconi, S., loam 30.00 Watertown, Town of, metered water 10.95 "Fatertown Welding & Construction Co., welding 7.50 Total Expenditures $756.77 Transferred to Revenue 143.23 $900.00 Cemetery—Addition to Ridgelawn Appropriation for 1945 $10,000.00 Expenditures Keenan, Annie E., land $10,000.00 Cemetery—Cottage Street Appropriation for 1945 $2,000.00 Balance brought forward 599.97 $2,599.97 Expenditures Forbush, Cyril W., services $2,599.97 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 330 INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT Town Debt Appropriation for 1945 $97,000.00 Expenditures Bonds paid $97,000.00 Interest Appropriation for 1945 $9,000.00 Expenditures Coupons on bonds $6,931.63 Discount on notes 825.65 Metropolitan Ice Co., interest on cash refund 4.65 New England Laundries, interest on cash refund 54.97 Oakley Country Club, interest on cash refund 11.58 Total Expenditures $7,828.48 Transferred to Revenue 1,171.52 $9,000.00 State Taxes and Assessments Estimated by Commissioner $193,514.85 Expenditures State Tax $57,936.00 Charles River Basin 4,663.81 Metropolitan Park Tax 11,119.34 Metropolitan Sewer Tax 27,244.71 Metropolitan Water Tax 85,954.31 Metropolitan District Expenses 132.36 Elevated Railway Rental Def. 1,480.41 Smoke Inspection 419.05 Auditing Municipal Accounts 18.92 State Examination Retire System 284.24 Total Expenditures $189,253.15 Balance carried forward 4,261.70 $193,514.85 County Tax Estimated by Commissioners $71,985.68 Expenditures Middlesex County Treasurer $72,187.08 Deficit carried forward 201.40 $71,985.68 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 331 County Hospital—T. B. Assessment Appropriation for 1945 $21,091.87 Expenditures Treasurer Middlesex County $21,091.87 Executions Nazarian, Miriam, execution $774.00 Ianelli, Jasper, execution 6,026.95 Sano Santoro, Ida, execution 3,064.70 $9,865.65 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 332 BALANCE SHEET ASSETS Cash on hand, December 31, 1945 $613,234.62 Collector's Petty Cash 500.00 Soldiers' Relief Emergency Fund 200.00 Health Department (Petty Cash) 10.00 Taxes: 1945 Property $55,586.27 Personal 1,711.90 Motor 145.b3 57,444.10 Spec°al Assessments: 1345 Moth $33.00 Sidewalks 5.76 Sidewalk Interest .30 Unapp. Sidewalk Assessments 252.42 291.48 Tax Titles $19,366.92 Tax Possessions 13,364.02 32,730.94 Department Accounts Receivable: Highway Department $21.00 Health Department 397.00 Sewer Department 1,000.80 Public Welfare Department 11,331.11 Cemetery Department 4.00 12,753.91 Water Accounts Receivable: District No. 1 $3,953.14 District No. 2 822.56 District No. 3 2,837.26 Commercial 2,103.07 Water Liens added to tax bills 713.79 10,429.82 County Tax (1945) 201.40 Sewer—Maintenance (Overdraft) 551.03 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 333 DECEMBER 31, 1945 LIABILITIES Potter Memorial Gate Fund $252.25 Dog Fund 16.00 Sewer Deposits 1,512.00 School—Evening School Deposits 340.00 Cemetery—Sale of Lots Fund 4,523.03 Sale of Town Land 21,932.68 Soldiers' Relief Emergency Fund 200.00 Reserve for Petty Cash 510.00 Sale of Land of Low Value 69.39 Overlay 1945 23,672.13 Overlay Reserve Fund 49,035.28 Motor Vehicle Revenue 145.93 Special Assessment Revenue 291.48 Tax Title Revenue 32,730.94 Departmental Revenue 12,753.91 Water Revenue 10,429.82 Tailings 265.62 State Assessments (1941) 30,347.90 State Assessments (1942) 17,904.05 State Assessments (1945) 4,261.70 Unexpended Balances Forward: Treas. Tax Title Foreclosures $1,552.19 Appelate Tax Board 639.38 Fire Dept.—Aerial Ladder 17,200.00 Fire Dept.—Federal Equip. 1,150.00 10 New Fire Boxes 609.47 Poles and Wires—New Generator 1,350.00 Highway—Bigelow and Nichols 10,891.59 Garbage Truck 1,613.00 Walter Snow Fighter 18,000.00 Grove Street Easement 100.00 Grove Street Drain 520.41 Land Taking—Church Street 50.00 Mt. Auburn Street Building Line 500.00 A. D. C.—Federal Administration 1,307.09 Federal Aid 2,189.97 O. A. A.—Federal Administration 3,511.88 Federal Aid 870.15 Library Trust Fund Income 8.20 Hosmer School Playground 5,000.00 Playground—Recreational Equipment 321.90 Parking Lot 3,800.00 Zoning By-Laws 297.00 Town Defense 2,100.34 Incinerator Plans 1,500.00 Salary and Wage Committee 1,000.00 Cemetery—Ridgelawn Fence 209.09 Water—Grove Street 107.05 76.398.71 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 334 Snow and Ice—Materials (Overdraft) 6,733.63 Snow and Ice—Overtime and Trucking (Overdraft) 16,597.06 Executions 6,800.95 $758,478.94 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 335 Pay-Roll Deductions—Bonds 3,511.80 Pay-Roll Deductions—With-holding tax 22,459.89 $313,564.51 Excess and Deficiency (Surplus) 444,914.43 $758,478.94 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 336 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned- Sidewalk Assessments not due $1,094.21 Apportioned Street Assessments not due $41.54 DEBT ACCOUNTS Net Funded or Fixed Debt $281,000.00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $199,582.64 $199,582.64 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 337 DEFERRED REVENUE ACCOUNTS Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments: Due in 1946 $171.38 Due in 1947 171.36 Due in 1948 152.16 Due in 1949 142.31 Due in 1950 142.29 Due in 1951 142.29 Due in 1952 77.11 Due in 1953 54.49 Due in 1954 40.82 $1,094.21 Apportioned Street Assessments: Due in 1946 $41.54 DEBT ACCOUNTS Surface Drainage Loan 1916 $1,000.00 Spring Street Drain Loan 1919 4,000.00 Sewer and Drains Loan 1920 5,000.00 Surface Drainage Loan 1921 6,000.00 Administration Building Loan 60,000.00 Elementary School Loan 1935 30,000.00 Municipal Relief Loan 1938 24,000.00 Municipal Relief Loan 1938 24,000.00 Municipal Relief Loan 1939 36,000.00 Betterment Street Loan 1939 8,000.00 Municipal Relief Loan 1939 28,000.00 Municipal Relief Loan 1939 20,000.00 Municipal Land Loan 1935 35,000.00 $281,000.00 TRUST FUNDS Library Trust Funds: Asa Pratt Fund $12,738.83 Mary D. Meade Fund 3,190.02 Pierce Fund 1,370.95 Barry Fund 1,070.86 Solon Whitney Fund 300.00 Michael Charles Fund 204.81 Templeton Fund 3,301.75 Martha Sanger Fund 954.71 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund 100,986.95 Cemetery, Perpetual Care Fund 75,463.76 $199,582.64 Respectfully submitted, W. W. NORCROSS, JR., Auditor. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION • ,. J '!fit' i�.�:�� � :� { � '�� 1 �.� i• • .'' � �1 ._^.^1i��.f� - INDEX TO REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR Receipts ... ... ... .. . .. . ..... .. . . . ....... ............ .......... 208 Payments ... ... ... ......... ...... .. .......... ... . ............ 210 Annuities ... . .. . . . ..... ...... ............... ...... .. ....... . . 314 Appeals, Board of ............ 320 Assessors' Department ............ ...... ..... ................. 224 Auditor's Department ...... ........ . ... ............ .......... 219 Balance Sheet .. . . . . . .. ..... . . . ......... ......... . ... ...... .. . 332 Buildings, Inspector of .......................... ............ . . 248 Cattle, Inspector .. ........... ................................ 258 Cemetery Department ...... ..................... . ......... ... 328 Clerk, Town ..... .... ....... . . ............ .................. .. 226 Collector's Department ......... ...... ............. ... ..... ... 222 Contributory Retirement Pension System . ....... . . ......... . . 321 DogOfficer .. .... .. .. ........ .. ........ .. ......... .......... .. 254 Election Expenses . .. ........ . .. ...... ... ....... . ... ........ . . 230 Engineering Department ..... ......... ....................... 229 Finance Committee . . . . .... ... ................... ............. 225 FireDepartment . ... ...... .. . . ..... ...... ....... . .......... .. 242 Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth, Superintendent ..... . .......... . . 249 Headquarters, Veterans ...... .. . ........ . ..... ... ... ......... . 318 Health Department ... ......... ......... .................... .. 255 Highway Department ....... .. ........... ........ ............ 261 Insurance . ...... .. .. ..... ..... ....... .. ...................... 316 Infirmary Department ...... .. .. . ....... . ........ . ........... . 276 Interest and Maturing Debt ... ............ ................... 330 Legal Services .... . . ......... ... . ....... . .......... ........... 226 Library Department ... ............... ..... ..... .... .......... 305 Long Range Planning Committee ........... .................. 235 MemorialDay ...... . .. ...... .. . ........... .......... ......... 314 MilitaryAid ..... .... ........ ... . .. ....... ........... ......... 280 Moderator ......... .. . . . ........ ........ . . . . ...... ............ 217 Movement of Town Debt .. .... .... ........ . ... ................ 206 Park Department ...... ...... ... . . ...... . .. . . ........ .... .. ... 309 Pensions .. . ...... .......... .. . ....... .. . . .......... ........ .. 313 Physicians, Town .. . ......... ... ........ ... ...... .... ... ..... 277 Plumbing, Inspector ...... ................... ........... ...... 258 Planning Board ... ... ......... . ... ...... . . . . ....... . .. ....... 235 Poles and Wires Department .. .... .. ...... ............... .... 252 Police Department ...... ........ .......... .. ............ .. .... 235 Purchase of War Bonds ...................................... 320 Purchasing Department ....... ............ .. .. ...... ... . . .... 228 Registrars of Voters ... ......... . ......... . .. .. ........... .... 230 ReserveFund . . .......... .......... ....... ... ............ .... 319 School Department ............ ..... ...... . ... . ........ .. . . ... 281 Selectmen's Department ... .... 217 Sewer Department .. .. .. .......... .......... ......... .. ... .... 259 Soldiers' Relief ......... ......... ....... .. .......... .... ...... 278 State Aid .. .... ........ ....................................... 280 TownDefense ... . . .... .. .. ....... ......... . ... .. ...... .... ... 320 TownHall .. .. ......... . .. ........................... ........ 231 Town Report, Printing ...... ........ .......... ............... . 317 Treasurer's Department .. .......... ........ .... ...... ...... .. 220 Tree Warden ............... ...... .. ....... . ........... . ... . .. 251 Voting Lists ... ... .......... .. ...... ........ ............. ..... 231 War Relief Allowances War No. 2 ...... .. 280 Water Department .... . . . . ........ ...... ....... . ...... . ... ... 322 Weights and Measures ............ ........ ...... ...... ....... 249 Welfare, Public, Department ................ .......... ........ 271 Workmen's Compensation .. ...... . ..................... ...... 316 W. P. A. Municipal Garage ....... .......... . .......... ..... .. 321 Zoning By-Laws ...... .. . ......... .. . ...... .. . ... ..... ... ... .. 317 341 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE F. KING SINGISER, Chairman Term Expires 1947 MABEL G. DRAKE, Secretary Term Expires 1947 MARION HEALY Term Expires 1946 G. JOHN GREGORY Term Expires 1946, AUGUSTIN PAPALIA Term Expires 1946 KATRINA B. ANDERSON Term Expires 1948 ALLAN W. SHERMAN Term Expires 1948 FRANCIS A. KELLY Superintendent of Schools Office, Phillips School 3:30 to 5:00 P. M., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Watertown, Mass., February 7, 1946 In School Committee: Voted: That the report of the Chairman and. the report of the Superintendent of Schools be accepted and adopted as the annual report of the School Committee of the Town. MABEL G. DRAKE, Secretary 342 THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATERTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1945 To the Citizens of Watertown: As Chairman of the School Committee I find sincere pleasure in presenting the attached report of Francis A. Kelly as the Annual Report of the Committee. In presenting this report I wish to commend the wise and construc- tive leadership given to our Schools by our Superintendent, and also to acknowledge with appreciation the whole-hearted way in which he has carried out the decisions and policies of the Committee. The report of the Superintendent deserves careful reading and study. As Chairman I also want to express niy sense of gratitude for the fidelity of each and every member of the School Committee. I am tempted to individualize the contributions of each member. But let it suffice to say that not one member has ever shirked personal responsi- bility even when such responsibility meant inconvenience and cost of time and effort. No committee has ever worked more harmoniously or more eagerly for the welfare of the schools and for the advancement of the best interests of the youth of Watertown. This is true of each and every member. There has always been the utmost of frankness and freedom not only in the expression, but also in the consideration of per- sonal opinions. This attitude of freedom and frankness has resulted in unanimous decisions on every major question. The citizens of Water- town should be most appreciative of this service. During the year we have followed the excellent procedure in- augurated a year ago of referring all major problems and all teacher selections to sub-committees for thorough and detailed investigation so that all determining data and information needed for intelligent deci- sions might be available to the committee. This has been a great asset in the successful and harmonious accomplishments of the year. I want also to put on record the appreciation of the Committee for the accomplishments of the principals, teachers and custodians of our schools—all of whom have conferred with the School Committee"and Superintendent on various occasions, and have given thorough support to all decisions made. It would be a pleasure to individualize the work of each principal if space permitted. But this must be said, that the accomplishments of Roberts vS. Reed with the loyal cooperation of his staff of teachers in the High School have been most refreshing. The high scholastic rating of our schools, and the greatly strengthened morale of our student body are directly traceable to our teachers and principals in all of whom we can take honest pride. Of course there are problems that remain, and there are improve- ments that must be made, some of them quite imperative. But it is with confidence that your School Committee pledges its service and its integrity. Sincerely yours, F. KING SINGISER, Chairman March 1, 1946 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 343 b REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT To the Chairman and Members of the Watertown School Committee: I have the honor to submit herewith my seventh annual report of the schools of Watertown, which is the sixty-fifth in the series of annual reports of the Superintendent of the Watertown Public Schools. This report includes a summary of the outstanding accomplishments of the past year, together with other phases of the school system which should be of public interest. The appendix to this report includes the financial statement for the fiscal year of nineteen hundred forty-five, statistical data taken from the School Returns of the State Department of Education, and charts com- piled by our Guidance Department. Teachers Return from the Service of Our Country Since the opening of school in September our school faculties have been strengthened by the return of those who have served in the Armed Forces of our Country. We have welcomed the return to the Senior High School of Major Arthur McGrath, Captain Raymond Ford, Lieu- tenant Harold Kenney and Sergeant William O'Toole from the Army . along with Lieutenant Douglas Chandler and Lieutenant Joseph Murphy from the Navy. East Junior High School teachers who have resumed their former positions include Lieutenant Thomas Blake and Chief Petty Officer Edward Rooney from the Navy and Captain John Howard, Sergeant Charles McCarthy and Sergeant John Harris from the Army. Sergeant Arthur Perkins is back in his position as Art teacher at the West Junior High School. Lieutenant Mary Carney, one of the school nurses, Storekeeper Julia Foley from the Hosmer School and Chief Petty Officer Redford Comfort, custodian at the East Junior High School, have taken up their respective duties. Salary Schedule In February the following schedule was adopted and at the Annual Town Meeting your'Committee requested and received an appropriation which allowed a 15 per cent increase to all teachers provided the incre- ment did not raise the salaries above the established new maximum. The following maximum salaries shall be established as of January 1, 1945: Superintendent of Schools $6,000.00 Headmaster, High School 5,000.00 Principal, Junior High Schools 4,000.00 Principal, Elementary Schools 3,700.00 Director, Guidance, Measurements and Statistics 3,800.00 (For 1945) Director, Music 3,500.00 Director, Industrial Arts 3,500.00 Men Teachers 3,000.00 Women Teachers 2,300.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 344 The maximum salaries for teachers shall be divided into three schedules based on teacher training: SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE II SCHEDULE III (3 yrs. Train. or less) (Bachelor's Degree) (➢Taster's. Degree) WOMEN $2,000 $2,200 $2,300 MEN 2,700 2,900 3,000 A teacher with twenty years experience now in the Watertown Public School System, having a service rating of "excellent" or better by prin- cipal for three consecutive ratings may be placed on Schedule II on the recommendation of the superintendent and the discretion of the School Committee. The minimum salary of any new teacher shall be determined by the School Committee on the recommendation of the superintendent by appraising experience, training and other qualifications at the time of appointment in Watertown. Teachers who, upon the date of the adoption of this schedule, are receiving basic salaries above maximum specified, shall continue to receive the higher salaries. All teachers must present attested credentials as evidence of their right placement on the schedule. Annual increments shall be granted to all teachers who show con- tinued professional growth in service. All teachers not on maximum or tenure shall be rated semi-annually by the principal and the superintendent. Principals' ratings shall be presented to the Superintendent of Schools on December 1st and April 1st of each year. Teachers on maximum shall be rated bi-annually by the principal and the superintendent. Principals' ratings shall be presented to the Superintendent of Schools on April 1, 1946 and every two years thereafter. Teachers rated by the principals and superintendent shall be placed in one of the following classifications: superior, excellent, very good, good, fair, and poor. Teachers classified as "poor" should not continue in the service of the Watertown School Department. The April rating shall be accompanied by a brief statement justifying the principal's rating of each teacher. A copy of this rating shall be given to the teacher by the principal at the time of the rating. Teachers classified as excellent or better shall receive an increment of $150, very good, $100, good, $50, fair or less, no increments. Super-Maximum There shall be a super maximum of $200, for men and women teachers. This maximum shall be approached by $50 increments for each five semester hours of professional study satisfactorily completed at a college approved by the School Committee. Teachers eligible for super maximum must have a rating of excellent or better and must be on the maximum salary of their schedule before beginning their study. Courses must have the approval of the principal and the superintendent. Courses must be taken after June 1945. Differentials Over and Above the Basic Salary Schedules The following amounts shall be paid for certain administrative and supervisory positions in the Watertown Public Schools, over and above the basic salaries: STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 345 Supervisors Art $300.00 Household Arts 300.00 , Physical Education (woman) 300.00 Sub-Master Senior High School 500.00 Master's Assistant (woman) S. H. S. 400.00 J. H. S. or Elementary Master's Assistant 200.00 Department Heads, S. H. S. 200.00 Guidance Counselors 200.00 The following amounts shall be paid for certain coaching positions in the Department of Physical Education: Faculty Manager $400.00 Baseball Coach 200.00 Hockey Coach 200.00 Football Coach 300.00 Basketball Coach 200.00 Track Coach (outdoors) 100.00 Tennis Coach 100.00 Assistant Football Coach 200.00 Soccer Coach 200.00 Golf Coach 100.00 Athletic Council for Senior High School Your committee in establishing an athletic council for the Senior High School has taken a Step which I sincerely believe will have an uplifting affect not only upon the spirit and play of our athletic teams but also upon the general morale of the student body. The Council consists of the following: High School Headmaster (Chairman) President of Student Council Faculty Manager of Athletics Two Members of the School Committee The Chairman of the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools are ex-officio members but do not vote. During the fall season the coaches and captains of the football and soccer teams are members. During the winter season the coaches and captains of the basketball and hockey teams hold membership and in the spring the coaches and captains of baseball, tennis, track and golf teams are council members. Coaches and captains vote. Of this Council Mr. Reed, Headmaster at the Senior High School, comments in his annual report: "So far, this Council has been a great asset and tends to do two very important things. It is a clearing house for problems which did fall entirely on the shoulders of the Faculty Manager and the Headmaster, and is a body which tends to alleviate the mystery of the Athletic Asso- ciation in the minds of the student body. I sincerely hope that this organization will be the vehicle which will bring the athletics of the High School to a new high." STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 346 Maintenance For many years and especially during the past four years, due to war ;I conditions and the shortage of material, the annual appropriation for the maintenance of our eleven school buildings has been frightfully in- adequate. The total valuation of our buildings is $2,142,514.00. Sound business estimates for general maintenance of buildings usually allow for an appropriation of at least 2 per cent of the valuation. At this per cent, the yearly cost for the maintenance of our buildings should be approximately $40,000. The total amount appropriated for main- tenance for the years 1942, '43, '44, and '45 was $39,000 or about 75 per cent less than good business practice. In July of this year, following a vote of the School Committee, Dr. Singiser, Mr. Sherman and I visited all of the schools and made a thorough inspection of each building. A report was later submitted to your committee which was followed up by the securing of estimated costs from a reputable painter, builder, and roofing engineer. The recom- mendations for work to be done in 1946 with the estimated costs are as follows: (This represents only that work which is necessary for the preserva- tion of the buildings and to guard against further deterioration.) General repairs on all schools $7,000.00 Paint on all buildings on outside 9,000.00 Waterproof—Browne School 3,000.00 New Roof—West Junior High School 4,200.00 Parapet Wall—Hosmer School 3,000.00 Roof—East Junior High School repair 800.00 West Junior High School Paint outside, replace tops on parapets, waterproof building 5,000.00 Coolidge School New roof 4,000.00 Hosmer School Waterproof east side of new section, repair plaster, paint walls and ceilings damaged by water 5,000.00 East Junior High School Repair plaster and ceilings, paint walls in printing, science and assembly hall 2,000.00 'Vest Junior High School Repair plaster on walls and ceilings, paint walls, refinish gym floor 1,000.00 Phillips School Waterproof northeast side of building, repair walls and ceiling, paint 4 rooms 3,000.00 Browne School Repair plaster on walls and ceilings and paint 5 rooms on east side of building, replace ventilators 2,000.00 James Russell Lowell School Repair roof and repaint entrance (interior) 500.00 Senior High School Redecorate assembly hall and Whitehill Hall 4,500.00 $54,000.00 Also the should repaint 250 rooms at$150 each $37,500.00 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 347 Electric lights should be replaced in many classrooms. You will note that most of the work planned for next year will be done on the outside of the buildings. This should be followed up by a program of painting and redecorating of the interiors. But two of our two hundred fifty classrooms have been painted since the closing down of the P. W.A. Project. The lighting in all of our buildings should be carefully surveyed for the purpose of modernizing old equipment and fixtures. Serious lighting defects exist in several schools. The need for more extensive maintenance work has been apparent for some time. It will be recalled that in my report for the year 1943 I recommended, "that all school buildings be painted on the outside, that all windows be weatherstripped, that the remaining slate urinals be replaced with porcelain, that the Senior High School Auditorium and Whitehill Hall in the Senior High school be redecorated and that repoint- ing and mason work be done on several of our buildings especially at the Browne School." But due to war conditions this work could not be carried through. In addition to the recommendation of your committee, the Inspector of Plumbing and Sanitation employed by the local Board of Health has recommended that $10,000 be appropriated to replace antiquated and condemned plumbing in most of our buildings. Committee of Principals and Teachers At the present time, three committees of principals and teachers are making studies of the following:—Reading,Penmanship and the Elemen- tary School Program of Studies. Mr. Erald Sawyer, principal of the Lowell School, is Chairman of the Reading Committee. His group has instructions to make a study of the outstanding reading system now in use throughout the Country and to make a report on the relative merits of other systems of reading as com- pared with the Elson System which has been our basic reader for many years. Mr. Francis X. Mooney, is Chairman of the Penmanship Committee. It is the purpose of this committee to make a thorough investigation of penmanship systems and especially the Rhinehart Functional Hand- writing System which has been adopted by many of our neighboring communities during the past ten years. Mr. C.Harold Striley is Chairman of the Elementary School Program of Studies Committee. Our other four elementary school principals are serving on this committee. Their function is to make a complete study not only of the subjects taught in the elementary school but also to give some attention to the allotment of time given to each subject, school hours, and recess periods. Adult Education In June your Chairman appointed two School Committee members, Mrs. Katrina Anderson and G. John Gregory as a sub-committee on Adult Education. Five thousand notices were prepared and sent to the homes of the Town announcing that the Evening School would be re- opened for the purpose of providing "adult education for the cultural • development of our citizens." It was also announced "that in addition to the regular courses, we plan to have ten monthly Forums, open to the public. There will be speakers well qualified to discuss both sides of the questions." STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 348 A list of proposed subjects both for the Evening School and the Forum were included in the circular. Later the returned questionnaires were tabulated and plans were made for the securing of teachers and speakers for both departments. A group of civic minded persons were invited by your Committee to act as an advisory committee on Adult Education in Watertown. On October 15th the Evening School opened under the direction of Thomas O'Brien, Master of the East Junior High School, and within two weeks there was an enrolment of 426. This is the largest Evening School enrolment we have had to date. Teachers were selected from our day school staff and from other professions and business. The most popular classes are sewing, home gadget repairing, scientific home management and the commercial subjects. Despite the unusually inclement weather during November and December the attendance has been steady. Also in October the first Forum was held in the Senior High School Auditorium where an interested audience heard Professor Richard Gum- mere, Dean of Admissions at Harvard University and Professor Roy Billet of Boston University ably discuss the subject, "Is Our Public Edu- cation Meeting the Needs of Our'Youth?" In the course of his remarks Professor Gummere praised the quality of pupil which our Senior High School has sent to Harvard. At the November and December Forums the topics, "Should We Have Peace Time Compulsory Military Training" and "Juvenile Delinquency— Whose Fault?" were discussed by Thomas Mohoney, Harold Rogers, of the American Legion, Reuben Lurie and Judge Frankland Miles. In the months to follow such subjects as How Can We Best Cooperate With the Soviet Union?, Socialized Medicine and the Rela- tion between Labor Unions and Management, Atomic Energy are listed as Forum topics. Chest X-ray Examination Our school health and physical examination program has been broadened to include the Chest X-ray examination of Senior High School pupils and all cafeteria employees. Funds for the cost of the x-ray films have been appropriated by the Watertown Chapter of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Association. The examination will be given under the supervision of the Health Department of the State of Massachusetts. Since 1942 we have required a chest x-ray examination of all new employees. In May of this year through the cooperation of the local committee 125 of our employees who were appointed previous to 1942 had the examination which was given at the Senior High School building. Recommendations I recommend for your consideration the following: I. That the Department of Guidance and Measurement be expanded to include the Department of Statistics and the Attendance Department and that a well-qualified woman social worker be appointed to this department. II. That a supervisor of reading be employed for the elementary grades. Many of the cities and towns of our size have an elementary supervisor. In Watertown, we have five full time supervising principals, with an average of twenty teachers per district. Therefore I do not STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 349 t believe that we have a great need for a general supervisor of all elementary school subjects. I do see the need for a reading specialist. One trained in remedial reading techniques, one capable of administering reading-readiness and other tests and one with experience in organizing a reading program in the first three grades. III. That some action be taken to relieve the cafeteria and gym- nasium facilities at the East Junior High School as recommended in my report of last year. IV. That consideration be given to the enlargement of the cafeteria and the need for a gymnasium for girls at the Senior High School. Whitehill Hall should not be used for physical education. Until the facilities are enlarged we must take a backward step and curtail to some extent our physical education program at the Senior High School. Counseling Service Men and Veterans On this subject I wish to quote from the report of the Director of Guidance Measurement. "The end of the war and the return to civilian life of large numbers of service men has resulted in an influx of requests to the Guidance Office for counseling these men. Quite generally they are seeking assistance and counsel on con- tinuing their education. Many who entered service without a high school diploma, or before they could get one, have come to realize the value of education and are now desirous of completing diploma requirements. Others, wishing to take advantage of the educational provisions of the G.I. Bill of Rights, come to us seeking advice on such things as preparing for a career, the selection of a training program, information regarding college entrance requirements, etc. In January Mr. Reed, Headmaster at the Senior High School, asked me to handle all counseling requests of the service men and veterans. I have continued to do this work during the entire year. In the early part of the year the requests were mostly letters from men seeking informa- tion on completing diploma requirements. This fall, however, we have had an increasingly large number of veterans calling in person. The work has been very stimulating and satisfying but of course has necessi- tated some curtailment of my other duties. To date this year 143 service men and veterans have requested coun- seling assistance through the Guidance Office. Of these 100 have made written requests and one or more letters have been written to them in return. Many have followed up their letters with personal calls upon returning home for furlough or after termination of service. Eighty-five individuals have visited the office one or more times for personal counsel. A very large number find it necessary to make more than one visit before becoming straightened out. The veterans in general have been very satisfied with what we are trying to do for them and they have been high in their praise of the Watertown schools and our Counseling Service." In Memoriam Joseph G. Perkins, Senior Building Custodian, West Junior High School, December, 1938 to November, 1945. STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 350 Retirements In June the following teachers retired: \ Lucy F. Sanderson, Master's Assistant at the East Junior High School. Miss Sanderson was appointed to the Hosmer School in February, 1904. Ethel A. Ricker, teacher of modern languages and counselor at the Senior High School. Miss Ricker began her teaching at Watertown High School in September, 1909. John Black, Director of Industrial Arts took over the supervision of this department in September, 1925. Josephine G. Ward, a teacher of grade IV at the Coolidge School, had been in our system since September, 1929. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to the principals, teachers, supervisors, custodians and other employees for their cooperation during the past year. I also wish to thank the members of the other town departments, the parents and other citizens for the special interest and encouragement which they have given to the School Department. Lastly I wish to express my appreciation to your Chairman and to the members of the School Committee and especially to members of the Sub-Committees for their helpful assistance to me during the year 1945. Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS A. KELLY, Superintendent STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 351 STATISTICAL DATA TABLE I. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1945 Appropriated by Town Meetings $696,223.63 Expended $692,526.11 Balance 3,697.52 $696,223.63 Itemized Expenditures General Control $16,296.36 Instruction 547,817.72 Operation 77,826.90 Maintenance 12,977.14 New Equipment 176.10 Miscellaneous 7,378.88 Evening School 1,624.02 Trade Schools 5,399.51 Transportation 3,638.30 Juvenile Recreation 9,088.25 Retirement Fund 951.98 Boilers 9,350.95 $692,526.11 TABLE II. MONEY RECEIVED INTO THE TOWN TREASURY AS A RESULT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OPERATION (This money is not expended for Schools) A. Tuition: Continuation and Trade School Re- imbursements $3,254.95 Sight-Saving Class and Non-resident pupils 256.19 $3,511.14 B. State Reimbursements: General School Fund $46,925.26 Sight-Saving Class 500.00 $47,425.26 C. Miscellaneous Receipts: Hall Rental $73.00 - Lost books, broken windows, etc. 25.61 Senior High School: lost books,chem- istry breakage, stamps, etc. 84.25 $182.86 TOTAL $51,119.26 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 352 TABLE III. GENERAL STATISTICS, DECEMBER 1945 Number school buildings ... . .. . ... . . . . ... . . . 11 Senior High School ..... . ...... . .. .... . . 1 Junior High Schools ...... . .. . . . . ... . . . . 2 Elementary Schools . . ... . . .. ... . . . . . . . . . . 8 Grand Principals: Men Women Total Total Senior High School 1 1 Junior High Schools 2 2 Elementary Schools 5 5 8 Directors: Guidance 1 1 Music 1 1 2 Supervisors: Household Arts and Cafeterias 1 1 Music (full time) 1 1 Music (part time) 1 1 Physical Education (girls) 1 1 Drawing 2 2 6 Military Drill and Tactics: Instructor 1 1 Special Teachers: Special Class 7 7 Speech Correction 1 1 Librarian 1 1 Sight-Saving Class 1 1 Physical Education (elementary) 1 1 Manual Training (elementary) 1 1 12 Teachers: Senior High School 22 33 55 Junior High Schools 14 46 60 Elementary Schools 99 99 214 Home Instruction: Teacher (part time) 1 1 1 General Control: Superintendent 1 1 Attendance Officers 2 2 Secretary to Superintendent 1 1 Assistant Secretary 1 1 5 Secretaries: Senior High School 3 3 Junior High School 2 2 Elementary Schools 4 4 9 Miscellaneous: Nurses 3 3 Physician's (part time) 3 3 6 Custodians and Janitorial Services: Custodian 1 1 Janitors 15 15 Matrons 7 7 23 Total number of different persons employed by the School Department 286 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 353 TABLE IV. MEMBERSHIP 1N THE DAY SCHOOLS, BY GRADES, OCTOBER 1, 1943, 1944, 1945 Elementary Schools 1943 1944 1945 Kindergarten 306 307 374 Special Classes 61 61 50 Sight Saving Class 10 11 6 Grade I 419 418 388 Grade II 416 418 352 Grade III 387 390 391 Grade IV 386 384 374 Grade V 420 424 360 Grade VI 460 460 366 Total in elementary schools 2865 2873 2661 Junior High Schools Grade VII 446 447 419 Grade VIII 490 491 443 Grade IX 451 455 394 Special Classes 32 Total in junior high schools 1387 1393 1288 Senior High School Grade X 452 440 444 Grade XI 382 417 398 Grade XII 349 354 319 Postgraduates 2 2 5 Total in senior high school 1185 1213 1165 GRAND TOTAL 5437 5479 5114 STUDY AND PRACTICE FIRE PREVENTION 354 O m x Q o;d! U-3 cy r .-;o 0 ►7 Ln u r' p 4icu ee w a � cv,Ln000� co O OU R M N� .--4-,r �v ate+ M°o N O F o co N o M y w w Cd� w�; �' 'O cd w z H d y z � (a L H w , cq L ; Fq y O u r cz a f wy h I I ,� .r N 00 O 80 o N N a) a NON I N N ►-� u N I - I co W 0 �. � [T. w UGC I I O inop U uMM c- & �i w o be =' CO c O O u a = U a � c p `� cu O � o � 0 � O cu j 14 u � y •�• CS � 0005 a ~ Fp �;- i-. oCd cd O 5cdz Rco C o � z 0 cs E. ° W42:2 Ei cs o Hs a)�:�� g: N a 355 a O ° 'M_ = e NM H Cl p pO � n NNNMM� cD .-iMN •-1 r-1NN —4 LO &. p O .•-r v "' O v ul 4-4 ��� l l I N N I � I I I I I I I I I I I I I O LMI ., I Cl) � o Lai, I I I I I I I I i l I I N U v: Ln co �. I .-q r. U � U1 •u L � v w � � �° � NCV � I , iO]d� llc] IIII 0 C7-4 I N I ~ LO � p I I N M ti I I I C I I I •-i C`] p V to Q� CS cd In O O WLo � r'' O C.. '►� O~ O C�1 i0. W O ¢'•'� O O O rG.p w tH y O y� CSC U Q. m a co D O ill] >,t b0 U ow d o o o a� o 0 0 0 � ►7 En w a�i In ° °' I-o c 4 a�i' a''cn'uz cc"i ;-. d„ �a o n H H w ow42wwcnZH < NnHa� y cd y s, a v w H a x a.-- _: _z .is �� ..,,,t`1 .� -F-' CONTENTS Appeals, Board of, Report 180 Appraisers' Valuation . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . 201 Appropriations Voted at Town Meetings .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Assessors, Board of, Report . . . . . . ... . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 143 Assistance, Old Age, Report of . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 185 Auditor, Town, Report . .. ... .. ... ... . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . 205 Auditor's Report, Index to . ... . . .. .... .... . . . . .. ... .. . . . 339 Buildings, Inspector of, Report .. .. . . . . . .. . ..... . . . . . 106 Cemeteries, Superintendent of, Report . ..... . .. . .. .. ... .. . . . 197 Clerk, Town, Report of Department . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. ... . . . . . 188 Committees, Recent Appointments . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . 8 Counsel, Town, Report 198 Dependent Children, Aid to, Report of . . .... . . . . . .. .... . . . . 185 Dog Officer, Report . . . . .. . . . . . ..... . . . . . .. ..... . . . . . 131 Engineer, Town, Report . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . 107 Finance Committee on Appropriations, Report . . . .. ... . . . . . 77 Fire Department, Report . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... .. . . . . . 96 Health, Board of, Report .. ... . . . . . . ..... . . . . . .. ... . . . . . 191 Highway Department, Report ..... . . .. .... .. . . . . . . . ... . . . . . 166 Infirmary Department, Report 103 Library, Board of Trustees, Report . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Meetings, Town, Record of . . . . .. .... . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Moth Department, Report . . . . ...... . . . . .. .... . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. 102 Officers, Town . ......... .. . . . ... ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . 3 Park Commissioners, Report . . .. ..... . . . . ..... . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . 184 Physicians, Town, Report .. . . ... ..... . .. . . ..... . . .. .. ..... . . . 181 Planning Board, Report ... ....... ... . ...... . . .. ..... . . . . . 183 Plumbing Inspector, Report . .......... ........ . ... ....I. . . . . . 196 Police Department, Report .. .. ....... .. . . ..... . . . .. .. . .. . . . 132 Population I . . ................ . .. . . . .. . ... . . . . . . . 10 Purchasing Department, Report .... . . . . . ..... . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . 126 School Committee, Report . . . ...... .. ......... . . .:. ..... .. . . . 341 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Selectmen, Board of, Report . ........ ...... . . . . . . . . . ... ... .. 179 Soldiers' Relief, Report . .. ............. . . ..... . . . .. ...... . . . . 176 Taxes, Collector of, Report . ........... . . ..... . . . ... . . .. . . 174 Treasurer, Town, Report ............ . . . . ..... . . .. . .. ... . . . . 145 Tree Warden, Report . . . .. ... ..... .. . . .. ... . . ... 127 Veterinarian, Town, Report 142 Water Commissioners, Report . .... .. . . . ... . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Wire Department, Report 128 Workmen's Compensation, Report .. .. ... . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . .. . . . 184 ,:. �. ��; __� J � �M �..{ - � �4 � �r •• ;.