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Affidavits outlining sanitary protection rules and regulations regarding fishing and use of public ponds, lakes, streams and reservoirs in the vicinity of Southborough. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 308 of the Acts of 1899.

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Supplementary report of the Southborough Water Supply Committee including correspondence from the State Board of Health and its Chief Engineer. The report relates to "a proposed piping system and standpipe for supplying the four principal villages of the town with water to be taken from the ground on the south side of the Worcester turnpike about half a mile west of the village of Fayville, and on the southerly side of the Sudbury Reservoir of the Metropolitan Water Works".

Scope and Contents This collection contains information on early utility services in the Town of Southborough. It is primarily composed of contracts between the Town of Southborough and gas, water, and electric companies. The Marlborough Electric Company was founded in 1886, and extended its services to Southborough about 1900. It continued to expand in subsequent years, bringing electricity to Northborough in 1908, Berlin in 1909, Westborough in 1910, and Bolton in 1912. The Boston Water Board was created in...

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Inventories of tools owned by the town's water and fire departments.

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Annual inspections and work proposals for the town's steam boiler

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Report regarding the condition of Marlboro Road, Framingham Road, and Newton Street.

Scope and Contents Records relating to the placement of roads in Southborough extend back to 1723, predating the Town of Southborough itself which did not break away from Marlborough until 1727. The collection includes countless citizen’s petitions requesting that new roads be laid-out in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, which afford a unique window into the Town’s growth and settlement.The majority of materials document the formation of new roads, along with subsequent maintenance, repairs, and...

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Selectmen's Reports of Fires within the jurisdiction of Southborough. Information includes: date of fire, class of building(s) (whether wood, brick, or stone), how the structure was occupied (whether used for a store, dwelling, barn, manufactory, etc.), name of the owner, name of the occupant, value of the building, total extent of damage, amount paid by insurance, cause of the fire, and remarks by the fire marshal regarding it's circumstances.

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3 copies of "Report of the Investigating Committee Appointed at the Special Town Meeting April 14, 1931". The committees task was to "investigate all of the departments of the Town relative to their administration, and to report their findings together with such recommendations as they shall deem necessary"

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"Report of the Special Committee for Investigation of Fire Protection in the Town of Southborough" outlining fire department finances, organization, equipment, water supply, alarm systems, maintenance, and related taxes.