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102 04 0 portion suggests a very practical means to provide , at small _? CC expense , a proper location for football , baseball and other sports . This area could also , with comparatively small expense , be flooded for skating , etc . , in winter . The Committee feels that the question of pr. ovidIng open areas for playground is becoming increasingly important and particularly so in view of the large use of automobiles . Children naturally gravitate to some extent to the street for play , and parents view with considerable apprehension the possibility of accidents where such a situation obtains . The danger of automobile traffic upon the activities of children is becoming a vital factor in determining the location for school and playground areas . The property under consideration is , in our judgment , ideally sit - uated in this respect , being off the main arteries of travel . The land in the general vicinity of the Almshouse is largely high ground , and while relatively undeveloped to any considerable extent at present offers splendid opportunities for future resi - dential development . The School Committee informs us that the school population in this district does not warrant the construction of a school in this vicinity at this time , but with the natural growth of the town there is every indication that a school may be necessary to accommodate this general area , and that this particular location might in the future be very readily adapted for such use . The Committee has carefully considered the income which • might accrue by selling the property and the ultimate revenue which also might be derived from taxes if and when the plot shall have been developed with residences , etc . The character and repair of the buildings is such that the chief value of the property lies undoubtedly in the land . Assessed valuations of undeveloped tracts in this general vicinity run upwards to 300 . 00 per acre . Up to the present , so far as this Committee has learned , no offers have been made to the town for the premises which would appear to indicate that there is no general demand at this time for developing a tract of this size . In conclusion your Committee recommends that the property be held by the Town for the present , for the following reasons : • 1st . - The tract possesses unusual merit for future town uses particularly that of school and playground . 2nd . - Its present use represents a net saving to the town and will continue so until accommodations are found elsewhere , particularly for the Highway Department . 3rd . - The increment of value in the property will appreciate as other contiguous properties develop and influence its value . Because of this aspect , and in view of a lack of demand , a sale at this time does not , in the opinion . of the Committee , appear justified . Respectfully submitted , J . Henry Duffy , Chairman Frederick L . Emery , Francis Chamberlain Theodore A . Custance Edward H . Mara Arthur N . Maddison Howard S . 0 . Nichols • It was voted to accept the above report .