24 P.D. 123. 



AssABET River Drainage District (Westborough — Northborough). 



Having failed to obtain the consent of the Worcester County Commissioners 

 to finance this project under the old law, the district will be dissolved and a 

 reclamation district formed under the new law for which a new petition is 

 now being signed. The sewer beds of the Town of Westborough are situated 

 in this marsh and because of lack of proper drainage cannot function as they 

 should. The town will, therefore, be requested to contribute to the cost of 

 draining this marsh as an aid to its sewage disposal. The State Hospital at 

 Westborough and the State Hospital at Grafton discharge from their sewerage 

 disposal plants into the river above the marsh and the Lyman State School for 

 Boys holds lands in the marsh. As the Commonwealth is a direct contributor to 

 the surplus water and also owns land in the project, the Board, in compliance 

 with the law, recommends that the Legislature make the necessary appropri- 

 ations to cover the CommonAvealth's share of the expense of draining these 

 marshes. 



Shelburne Project (Shelburne). 



No progress has been made on this project during the year. 



Cherry Rum Brook Draikage District (Greenfield). 



Work on the main drainage channel has been completed and also a portion 

 of the more important laterals. The project has been very successful and the 

 cost less than the original estimate. Land that could not be utilized at all 

 before draining has this summer raised excellent crops of potatoes, cabbages, 

 strawberries, etc. Land that would barely bear the weight of a person has 

 been ploughed with heavy horses. The ice pond at the lower end of the 

 project is much improved and mosquitoes eliminated throughout the length of 

 the project. Land values have very greatly increased. 



Wessagussett Drainage Project (North Weymouth). 



Owing to the absence of one of the larger owners and the change of owner- 

 ship of the other portions no progress has been made in this project this year. 



Malagasco Drainage Project (Boylston). 



This project has made no progress this year owing to the opposition of the 

 owners of land at the outlet of the marsh. 



New Projects. 



North Scituate Reclamation Project (Scituate). 



This project, covering 100 acres, is situated on the easterly branch of the salt 

 marsh through which Bound Brook enters Cohasset Harbor. Musquashiat Pond 

 lies between North Scituate Beach and the road which forms the easterly 

 boundary of the project and the road about a mile to the west forms the 

 western boundary. It is proposed to hold the pond at its present level, to 

 drain the project, and to leave the rest of the marsh in its present condition. 

 At the hearing held June 8 the owners of property on the beach proposed that 

 the maintenance of the pond by a conduit through the beach to the salt water 

 be made a part of the project. A petition was circulated with that end in view, 

 but was not signed by a majority of the beach owners, so that the project will be 

 taken up on the basis of the original petition. 



Wapping Reclamation Project (Deerfield). 



The land to be drained under the petition lies along the east side of the 

 Deerfield River, between the villages of Wapping and Deerfield Center. It is in 

 three parts: a main swamp at the upper or south end of the area, a smaller 

 swamp along the railroad and just south of Deerfield Center, and low land 

 along the border of the old channel near the river. A hearing was held and a 

 survey of the wet land and possible drainage channels has been made and 

 designs are now being considered for draining this land. 



