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end an old flowage right is involved and near the upper end a stream which 

 flows through the tract is receiving considerable quantities of water and sewage 

 from the shoe factories. Some rubbish appears also to be finding its way into 

 the stream from a town dump on the edge of Hobart Pond in Whitman, to 

 which the stream serves as the outlet. Owing to the desire of some parties in- 

 terested in the project to improve conditions around Hobart Pond and if pos- 

 sible to solve the problem of the district in connection with the construction of a 

 sewerage system by the town of Whitman, the district has not yet been organ- 

 ized. Steps are being taken to bring about a line of action by all parties con- 

 cerned which M'ill settle all the difficulties involved. If it appears that the 

 organization of a district is necessarj^ or desirable, organization will be effected 

 within the next few months. 



Cherry Rum Brook Drainage District (Greenfield) 



No construction work of any consequence has been done in this district during 

 the year. In some places the main ditch has been partly filled up by sand 

 brought down in times of flood. The cost of the improvement has been certified 

 to the assessors of Greenfield, whose duty it is to make the assessments on the 

 individual proprietors. The success of the work in this district has been made 

 more evident by experience during the year. 



Cutter Swamp Reclamation District (Arlington and Lexington) 



The petition for this project was received in February and the Board held a 

 hearing upon it in Arlington Town Hall, February 26th. The area involved is 

 about forty acres lying along the boundary line between Arlington and Lexing- 

 ton near the boulevard. The work to be done is simple and inexpensive, except 

 that it may involve a change in the location of two or three highway culverts. 

 The project was approved by the Board and a Reclamation District duly organ- 

 ized. The district has been endeavoring to make arrangements for a survey and 

 has not yet begun construction. 



Green Harbor Reclamation District (Marshfield) 



The drainage district covering this area was dissolved by the Legislature 

 during the 1924 Session, and steps were immediately taken to organize a 

 Reclamation District under the revised law. After a hearing the Board approved 

 the project and appointed Dritrict Commissioners. The organization meeting of 

 the district was held in June, and later in the year the District Commissioners 

 arrived at an agreement with the Town of Marshfield and the County of Plym- 

 outh for the construction of a bridge with tide-gates and stop planks through 

 the dyke at a point near the old channel of the Green Harbor River. The plan 

 for this bridge has been submitted to the Board and has been approved. It 

 appeared, hov/ever, that the district must acquire title to the dyke and the land 

 on which it is situated. This title now stands in the name of the proprietors of 

 Green Harbor Marsh, an organization authorized by legislation passed in 1871. 

 Since conditions make a conveyance impossible it is apparently necessary that the 

 District Commissioners make a taking by eminent domain. Arrangements are 

 now being made to put through the necessary process. It seems probable that 

 if the proposed bridge can be constructed according to the plan, and the dyke 

 and bridge properly maintained thereafter, the difficulties encountered by land 

 owners in this marsh over a long period of time will be satisfactorily brought 

 to an end. 



North Scituate Reclamation Project (Scituate) 



Little progress has been made on this project during the year. Only a few 

 land owners are involved, but there is apparently no prospect that they can 

 secure the improvements desired except with some of the powers that a district 

 will give. As the land owners are still interested it is probable that some defi- 

 nite action will be taken during the coming season. 



