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Nantucket, Mass
June 23, 1931
Mr ChaiEnan
In behalf of our mosquito control work, I want to
submit to your Board the matter of promiscuous dumping of
all forms of rubbish over the Island, ~he commons, lots
and back yards~
Ail causing serious breeding of the house or night
mosquito It is our intention to ask that action may
be taken to stop this practise and compel the use of the
common dump which can be controled Among the places
we located today, we found the John Ring dump owned by
Ackerson Mill Hill, where the many cans, tanks, auto~
mobile parts and recepticles were breeding vast quantities
of mosquitos, annoying a large territory The yard of
Mrs Delia Wisher, Prospect Street, Mill Hill, contained
a large pile of rubbish where the cans and vesels holding
water were breeding mosquitos profusely We were promised
this would be removed at once, and found all was re-
moved ~.~~$ ~ ~~
We visited a dump on Surfside Road ~ere the sewer
pipes run, also a dump on the left hand side on Sheep
Commons where water in cans, old automobile parts, barrels,
tanks, etc , were all breeding. '~ visited a dump back
of Fair Ground Road to Fisher s farm, south Orange Street
Road, all breeding
At Murray's, Orange Street, Consue Spring where a
main ditch we dug out last year was closed up by a dump
of cans, bottles, boilers, tubs, etc The containers of
water were breeding badly
Back of Carnett house from the meadow, foot of Beaver
Street, a s~ur ditch leading to a main ditch is filled with
cans boil~ tubs, etc making a regular dump, all breeding
~ find rubbish is thrown continuously from the roads
in many parts of the Island We woul~sug~es~r Chairman,
that you appoint a permanent committ~witH authority to stop
this method of dumping and cause to be covered or buried these
many dumping places outside of a common dump The breeding
in these places can readmly produce malaria, and other disease
breeding mosquitos
There may be all told fmfteen to twenty of these rubbish
dumps together with many smaller places sround the pines, etc
throughout the Island ~
Nantucket, Mass ,
June 23, 1931
Mr ChaiEnan
We also want to call your Boards' attention to
a situation in our mosquito control work where we will
require some town ' assistance The ditches on both
ends of the piping under Hummock Pond Road at Hollandls
farm, ha~ to be loitered together with the pipe about
3~ feet to afford the proper drainage of this ~ction
Also the tract known as Larribee's Swamp containing
12 to 15 acres by Bartlett's farm, is now a dense s ramp,
and a bad and serious breeding source
The past two years and while we had our surveys
made, this tract was dry and requi~ed no attention But
since the heavy rains and wet spell this year, is a swamp
that by reason of the thick brush, will continue a deep
swamp unles~ properly drained, and is ~uch a place ~here
~alaria and d~sease breeding mosquitoes #ill breed There
is heav~ breeding there now. To oroperly drain this
swamp, will require piping under two roads of about 15 feet
and a ~raduated ditchJrom the swamp along the line of the
old Hio~s ditch to Misks water hol~, and then filter through
the san~ to the ocean~
No doubt the town took care of this ditch many years
ago It is now filled in Owing to the storms and heavy
~ains throughout the winter and fall, the funds for ou~
control work have been reduced to a very small figure, and
we have much still to do for fresh water elimination ~ork
We consider the work of piping under the roads, and the
connection &. an emergency measure for reasons above stated,
and would ask an appropriation at once of at least $600
toward this imperative work ~e would supply the oalance
This place cannot be treated with oil owing to the heavy
brush area and depth of swamp
~ the Horn ~ Bo~ of S~n ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ been c~led to my atten%iom[ through
pro~ne~ ~er ~ide~e of ~co~e%[ that the ~$n ~th~nE beach
he~, ~$~ a To~ p~pe~y~ ~ de. cid of a privately ~d
bat~S e~e~ze, and %he~fore~ 1~c~ ~h~n~ in the ~y of
a life W, for t~ p~te~o, of the ~t=tude of c~l~ea ~
~ e~oy the priv~e~s of~e Beach ~ ~
Added to %~8 incenve~ence ~ the fact t~t ~th no c~e~ a~
~ ~th the ~sito~ ~1~ ~ the b~t eced~e to the Iel~
1~c~ here ~d there~ the ~h ~come ~mos too di~y %o
I ~ve su~eeted ~in~ a ~ to e~nd ei~t hou~a day on -/
%~ ~h, to act ~ life ~rd ~ng ~d afte~oon, d~ t~
~t~mg hou~a~ %o police the beach~ ~d keep it i~ dece~
co~tion for the ~e of the ~the~, to ~B, we o~ a goodly
~ of O~ living ~ ~ ~
~ee$ion ~ ~~, ~ to w~ther the $~ect~z ~ve the
~'~ if eO, w~ther they ~d ~ eo iacl~d ~ ~
ei~ over ~hell ~%~, in fr~ of ~ office he~, t9 ~
ly h~, ~d over ei~ fe~ from the eid~k 1~
~~ you in ~ce for your ki~ attentie~ to the a~ve
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HUBiARD
J~e ~, 19~1
Boar~ of Selec~en,
Hantucket,
Massach~etts
Sirs:
I s~t the fo~o~ report on ~e matter
of reg~ation of one ~y streets for aut~ob~es, as
requested ~ some members of yo~ ~d
8~h r~ing nay be ~de in one of two ways,
eider by a ~-law or by reg~ation of the Selectmen
~ latter meth~ seems ~e o~ one,practicable in the
present sit~tion, as a by-law req~res action by the
To~ at a To~ moeti~ and o~er c~bersome provisions
~e reg~ation by ~e Selec~en appears in
Section 18 of ~pter 90 of the General ~ws, e~cted as
Chapter Z57, Section 8 of the Acts of 19~8 ~s relates
solely to reg~ation of the use of ways by auto~biles
a~ pe~t~ ~e Selec~en to ~e reg~ations as to the
use of such ve~cXes upon partie~ar ways, but such
reg~atlons are ~t effective ~ess published in the
newspaper a~ such notice of the reg~ation ~sted at all
points where ~e ways de~t ~th Join o~er ways
F~the~ore, ~e Dep~ment of P~lic Works ~s to certify
in ~iti~ t~t such reg~ation is consistent ~th the
p~lie interest a~ such certification must be made after
a p~lic heari~ If yo~ ~ard decides to m~e s~h
reg~ations~ I wo~d s~gest t~t you send me a copy of
attested by ~e Secretary of the ~ard
t~
and by ~e To~ CXerk~ a~ I ~11 take up ~th ~he Depart-
ment of P~lic Works ~e ~tter of the heari~
~en I cons~ted ~e officios in the
Depar~ent of P~lic Works, ~ey were m~h s~prised to
fi~ ~e provision for a heari~ by their ~ard, ~
s~t~ ~t ~ey ~d approved such reg~ations in the
past without such hearing As it see~ed to me clea~
t~t ~eir practice was not au~oriz~ by ~e s~tute.
X went~ ~th one of. their officers~ to the Attor~y
Gener~s~office.~ere we ~se~sed ~e ~tter ~ an
Assis~nt At~rney General. w~ r~ed ~t ~ ~terpre-
~tion of ~e law ~s correct a~ ~t they were obliged
~ ~ve such public heari~
I ~ve arr~ed ~ ~ ~at upon yo~
se~ me yo~ reg~ations ~ey will p~lish a notice
of s~h hearl~s, a~d t~reafter, in the absence of any
reason to ~e eontr~. ~ cer~fy t~t yo~ reg~ations
are consistent ~th public in.rest After you
ob~i~d such certification, you s~ then publish the
reg~ations in ~e ~wspaper ~ pro.de signs to be
placed where ~e ~y intersects o~er ways
i t~ ~s covers ~e sit~tion as to
special reg~ationa of ways
Ve~ tr~ yo~s.