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REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MELROSE
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1890.
MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS. 1891.
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MELROSE PUBLIC LIBRARY MELROSE, MASS.
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CONTENTS.
Town Officers
3-4
Selectmen's Report
5-15
Town Clerk's Report :- Town Records for 1890
16-57
Appropriations, raised in tax levy authorized
60
Statistics of Births, Marriages and Deaths Registration of Voters
63 67
Financial Statement
Schools, expenses of
67-69
School Contingent Expenses
70-73
Fire Department
74-79 80-84
Highways
84-87
Sidewalks
88-90 90-91
Crossings and Gutters
Cedar Park and Woodland Avenue Drains
91
Gooch Street
92
Lebanon Street
92 93
Grove Street Sidewalk
94
High School Building (Special Committee) Memorial Day
94
Suppression of Liquor Traffic
95
Baxter Street
95 95
Botolph Street and West Hill Avenue
96
Walton Park
Electric Light Committee
Numbering Buildings
Vinton and High Street Ledges
Park Street
Land for Hose House, Wyoming Berwick street drain
97 97 98
Town Hall
99-100 JOI
Health Department
IOI
Wyoming Avenue Sidewalk
I02
Soldiers' Lots, Wyoming
102
Stone Crossings .
102
58-59
61-62
Poor, support of
Drainage
94
Melrose Common
96 96 97 97
Melrose Street Sidewalk
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CONTENTS.
State Aid
103
Street Lights
[04
Additional Lamps
104
Salaries of Town Officers
105
Military Aid .
106
Police .
106-108
Soldiers' Relief
108
Insurance
109
State and County Taxes
109
Public Library
IIO
Contingent Expenses .
III-114
Wyoming Cemetery
114-116
Stone Crusher
II7
Water Fund
118
Interest
119
School Buildings
120-12I
Treasurer's Report
122
Cemetery Trust Funds
122
Town Debt
123
Available Assets
124
Net Debt
I24
Report as Treasurer of Water Loan Sinking Fund Comm'rs
125
Dr. and Cr. Statement
126-129
Auditor's Report
I30
Collector's Reports
131-133
Assessors' Report
134-135
Overseers of Poor Report
136-137
Police Department, Report of Chief
138-14I
Inspector of Buildings, Report
142-143
Fire Department, Engineer's Report
144-147
Board of Health, Report .
148-156
Table of Contagious Diseases
153
School Committee Report, addenda after page
I56
School Committee, Organization
2
Superintendent of Schools, Report
3-18
High School, Report of Principal
19
High School Graduates, 1890 66 Classes
20-21
Franklin Fraternity Prizes
21
Salaries, Teachers
22
Janitors
23
Public Library Trustees Report, addenda after School Com- mittee Report.
Statement of Funds
S
Statistics for IS90
9
5-8
III
CONTENTS.
Periodicals, Reading-room Newspapers
IO
II
Donations, books and pamphlets
12
Water Commissioners Reports .
Organization
2
Board Report
3-5
Registrar's Report
6-12
Superintendent's Report 13-18
Table showing location of pipe, etc.
19-20
Water Loan Sinking Fund Commissioners' Report
21-22
Warrant for meeting March 2, 1891 .
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1890-91.
SELECTMEN.
LEVI S. GOULD, 1 JOHN P. DEERING, CHARLES W. HICGINS.
TOWN CLERK. JOHN LARRABEE.
TREASURER. GEORGE NEWHALL.
COLLECTOR. ADDISON LANE.
HENRY A. LEONARD, JOHN R. NORTON,
· DEXTER PRATT.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
WILBUR D. FISKE, Chairman, Term expires 1892
GEORGE L. MORSE,
1891
WILLIAM H. MILLER,
1893
COMMISSIONERS OF WATER LOAN SINKING FUND.
DANIEL RUSSELL, Chairman, Term expires 1893 -
ROYAL P. BARRY, 1891
JOHN W. FARWELL,
1892
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
JOHN O. NORRIS, Chairman, Term expires 1893
MRS. SARAH W. BRADBURY,
1893
JOHN C. MAKER, .
66
1891
MRS. ARETHUSA K. MILLER,
1891
CHARLES F. LORING, .
1892
MRS. A. B. P. WATERHOUSE,
66
1892
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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, CHARLES A. PATCH, CHARLES C. BARRY, MARY L. CHARLES, RUBY F. FARWELL.
AUDITORS.
FRANK E. ORCUTT, WALTER I. NICKERSON, GILBERT N. HARRIS.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HENRY G. FIELDS, Chairman, JOHN SINGER, JR., MRS. MARTHA D. BALE.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
ERNEST S. JACK, M. D., FRANK L. WASHBURN, GEORGE W. BURKE.
ASSESSORS.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS.
NATHANIEL P. JONES, Term expires 1891 WILLIAM N. FOLSOM, 66 1893
GEORGE T. BROWN,
66 1892
CONSTABLES.
ANSEL B. PIERCE, FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, OSBORNE E. DROWN. C. F. W. FOGG.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
ALFRED HOCKING, Chairman, Term expires May 1, 1893 .. IS92
WALTER BABB,
VICTOR C. KIRMES,
1891
JOHN LARRABEE, Town Clerk.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. WALTER B. ELLIS.
ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. A. WILBUR LYNDE, Chief. ALBON W. PARKER. SAMUEL LEAR, Clerk.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK, WEIGHER OF HAY AND COAL. C. B. GOSS, SETH E. BENSON. F. H. GOSS.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER. POUND KEEPER. HENRY A. LEONARD. W. TRUMAN HOWARD.
COMMITTEE ON CEMETERIES.
GEORGE NEWHALL, DANIEL RUSSELL,
JOHN LARRABEE. FENCE VIEWERS.
DEXTER PRATT, WALTER C. STEVENS.
FIELD DRIVERS. OTIS HOWARD, FRANK GIBBONS, W. TRUMAN HOWARD.
POLICE OFFICERS. PERMANENT FORCE. FRANK M. MCLAUGHLIN, Chief. CHARLES F. W. FOGG, OSBORNE E. DROWN, W. A. CASWELL.
JEROME T. SMITH, SPECIAL OFFICERS.
GEORGE E. FULLER,
JAMES DAVIDSON,
ALLSTON H. PINEO,
REDFORD M. RAND,
A. WILBUR LYNDE,
ANDREW W. McDONALD, CHAS. H. FULLER, JOHN W. DAVIS.
FOREST FIRE WARDS.
DEXTER PRATT, CHASE C. WORTHEN, JAMES MARSHALL,
CALVIN LOCKE,
HENRY BARRON.
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS. DEXTER PRATT.
INSPECTOR OF MILK. F. M. MCLAUGHLIN.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
To the Inhabitants of Melrose :
Herewith your selectmen respectfully submit their an- nual report:
HIGHWAYS.
At the commencement of their term of service the Se- lectmen were confronted by Chapter 98 of the acts of 1889 entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a superin- tendent of streets in towns." Realizing the importance of choosing a man thoroughly capable of filling a position of such grave responsibilty, we carefully considered the qualifications of the excellent candidates presented, finally selecting Mr. Walter B. Ellis as a person having a thorough knowledge of road-building and possessing rare executive ability in the economical management of men and materi- al, as proven by an experience of many years as a practical contractor in our community. His appointment dated from April 15th, and the town voted $3.00 per day for actual ser- vice. We advise an annual salary as most of the time of the superintendent is required. The amount, character of work performed and economy of his administration is the best evidence of the wisdom of our selection.
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The general appropriation for highways at the March meeting was $7,500, to which add $29.67, balance unex- pended on Main street widening, and an addition of $500 at the meeting of March 24th, makes a sum total of $8,029.67, all of which will be properly accounted for in the financial state- ments hereto annexed, as well as the several amounts ap- propriated, or ordered to be borrowed at various meetings, for special work upon the following streets, etc., viz: Gooch street, $300; Lebanon street, $200; Baxter street, $100; Botolph street and West Hill avenue, $635; Walton park, $570;Cedar park and Woodland avenue drains, unexpended, balance of $1,455; Park street, $300; Vinton and High street ledges, $485; sidewalk on Wyoming avenue, $500; sidewalk on Melrose street, $500; sidewalk on Grove street, $150. The sidewalks on Wyoming avenue and Grove streets were con- tracted for; the first with Edw. L. Whittier and the latter with Chas. Boardman. Walton park, Woodland avenue, and the Vinton and High street ledge work were contracted for with John Duff. All other work has been under the charge of the superintendent.
CONCRETE SIDEWALKS.
The original appropriation was $3,000 for new work and $500 for repairs, to which was added at the November meet- ing $600 making a sum total of $4,100 -all of which has been expended under contract with Mr. Robert Philpot, who took the work at a very low figure. An advance in material after the contract was signed created a serious loss to the contractor, certainly in prospective profits, if not otherwise. To continue work under such circumstances was very discouraging to Mr. Philpot, but we think, all things considered, that the town has received more than its money's worth and the only party to complain is the con-
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tractor, who was frequently obliged to put more than double what he received into certain sections of his work. It is well to note that the demand for concrete walks more than keeps pace with the amount of your appropriation.
CONCRETE CROSSINGS AND GUTTERS.
Your appropriation of $500 has been expended by Mr. Philpot, these items being a portion of his contract. In the matter of concrete gutters we are of the opinion that a larger appropriation than heretofore is desirable in the inter- est of economy. Their cost can be frequently saved in a single year. Every hillside should be provided with them.
GRANITE CROSSINGS.
At the November meeting you ordered the selectmen to expend $500 in stone crossings for Main street, etc. Owing to the lateness of the season it was found impossible to put them in. When the spring opens it is proposed to place them at the following locations, viz:
Across Main street from foot of Mount Vernon.
at
Wyoming avenue.
Grove street.
" Bugbee & Barrett's block.
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" Eastman's block.
" Upham and Essex streets.
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" Emerson street.
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Essex street near the depot.
STONE QUARRY ANI) CRUSHER.
Agreeable to your instructions from time to time, we have purchased the "Mountain House lot," so called, and established a stone crushing plant, now ready for operation,
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which we are confident, for convenience of location, rapid- ity of work and economy of operation, will prove unex- celled in New England.
The lot cost $800, contains 49,015 square ft., and will yield about 122,538 cubic yards of crushed stone. The crusher is a No. 3 Gates Rock Breaker with four screens and elevator complete, a 30-horse power engine and 40-horse power boiler with a "Rand" steam drill and all equipments. With a liberal annual appropriation and with practical skill to run the plant and place its product upon our highways in a judicious manner, we predict that ten years hence the streets of Melrose will be famous for their quality and per- fection.
DRAINAGE.
We have expended your appropriations of $1,835 in the manner indicated under the appropriate headings in the financial department. We have also constructed special drains in Berwick and Otis streets according to your directions, the former under contract with Mr. C. L. Hoff- man and the latter by the superintendent of streets. The expense of the Berwick street drain was $856.50, of which amount the Orthodox Church has paid $400. The cost of the Otis street drain was $750. Both of these improvements were absolutely necessary and will prove of lasting benefit to the localities interested. We have also constructed all other catch basins specially authorized, and laid pipes con- necting them with various water courses as indicated by your several votes.
STREET SIGNS.
Agrecable to your instructions, we have placed signs on various streets, and think a small sum should be set aside each year for this purpose.
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STREETS LAID OUT AND ACCEPTED.
Park street extended easterly to Meridian street. Highland street extended westerly to Ashland street. Baxter street extended, widened and re-located. Sanford street extended southerly to Wyoming avenue. Whittier street and Cutter street.
PERAMBULATION OF TOWN LINES.
In company with the selectmen of Saugus and Stoneham we have perambulated the town lines and found all bounds in good condition.
STREET LIGHTS.
Your appropriation for this department was $5,000 and the unexpended balance, $172.47; total, $5,172.47. Our con- tract calls for $3,528.34 for electric lights, viz: 28 arc lights @ $100 each, per annum, (burning every night, ) $2,800 ; I arc light I month extra, $8.34 ; 40 incandescent lights @ $18.00 each, per annum, (burning on moon schedule only, ) $720; 161 to 176 oil lights, Wheeler Reflector Co., averaging nearly 149 per month, ; total, about $5,300. There was also a bill of repairs, $7.85 and a bill left over from last year, $144.45.
By some error of the Finance Committee of last year, the town did not appropriate enough to carry this department through the month of December and pay the bill of $144.45 heretofore mentioned. As the selectmen were satisfied that our citizens would not desire us to cut off the town from the benefits of street lights during the darkest and most un- comfortable month in the whole year, we allowed the ser- vice to continue and there is therefore a bill amounting to $293.34 for the month of December which you are asked to provide for.
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HOSE HOUSE AT WYOMING.
As per instructions we have purchased the "Barry home- stead," corner of Main and Lynde streets, as a location for a Hose House whenever the town shall see fit to build thereon.
Said lot contains 5,924 square feet, and cost the sum of $2,500. There is a fair house upon it, part of which is now occupied at a rental of $5 per month, and the remaining rooms will probably be rented for $12 per month.
ENDEAVOUR ENGINE AND THE TOWN HEARSE.
We advertised for proposals to purchase these articles, but the offers were unsatisfactory, and we declined to part with them. They remain stored under the Town Hall. The Hearse House was removed in accordance with your vote to the "Mountain House" lot where it serves an excellent purpose for housing the boiler and engine of the Stone Crusher.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE.
Your committee, consisting of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Fire Engineers and Mr. Walter Babb, unanimously voted to purchase a Clapp & Jones No. 3 machine, double crane neck, 600 gallons capacity per minute, costing $3,200. It is fully warranted for ten years, and is believed to be a first-class engine in every particular.
ADDITIONAL FIRE ALARM BOXES.
This matter is as yet in statu quo, and must so remain until spring opens as the instructions given by the town were so late in the season that poles, etc., could not be economi-
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cally set. In this connection, we desire to say that in the judgment of this Board, and of the Fire Engineers it would be a wise investment for the town to discard the present method of striking the Town Hall bell, substituting a gong whistle which might be attached to the boiler at the Rubber Factory, giving an alarm which would penetrate to the most remote portion of fhe town. The present apparatus as applied,has proved entirely inadequate on several occasions, and may lead to very serious results in the future. We should have more bells with strikers, or a gong whistle which would be better and more economical.
DAMAGES CLAIMED AND SUITS AGAINST THE TOWN.
The claim of Justus Geist for damage to his premises during the great flood of 1886 was stubbornly contested but resulted in a verdict of $75.00 and costs for the plaintiff. In rendering his decision Judge Thompson informed our coun- sel that it was based solely on the fact that the town had maintained its water pipe through the Main street culvert, thereby contributing to the damage sustained by plaintiff. This pipe was placed there years ago by the contractor, when water was first introduced, and its existence was unknown to your board until the freshet occurred. It has been removed by the Water Commissioners.
We have compromised with the following persons, believ- ing their claims to have been founded on justice and equity, viz :
Dr. H. C. Williams, for injury to person and property, caused by collision with lamp post standing in the square at junction of Orris and Vinton streets, $125 ; Horace W. Eldridge, for damage to horse, by falling into a ditch dug for water service pipe near corner of Main and Grove streets, $50 ; G. (). Archibald, injury to horse, getting into
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ditch dug for water main on New Foster street, $5.00. The case of F. A. H. Norcross, for damages to horse, and A. V. Lynde, Esq., vs. the joint water boards, reported last year, are still pending.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PERMITS, ETC.
Permit granted to S. E. Benson and J. P. Deering for stable on Tremont street.
Permit refused to Henry R. Wood to maintain stable for more than four horses, on Tremont street, at the Highlands.
Permit granted to Burrell & Swett to build a bowling alley, on Main street.
COMMITTEE ON ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
A recent decision of the Supreme Court renders it appar- ent that towns must obtain special authority from the Legis- lature if they wish to maintain electric plants for public and private purposes. The chairman of your committee Chas. H. Lang, Esq., has entered a petition for that purpose, contingent upon favorable action by the town.
OBSTRUCTIONS TO ELL AND SPOT POND BROOKS.
This committee, of which Mr. Geo. T. Brown is chairman, and the selectmen are members ex-officio, have called the county commissioners to view the premises, and while they unanimously agree that the brook should be straightened, widened and deepened according to the original intent of the Act, which was not done although paid for by the muni- cipalties, still they decline to act further, maintaining that a new law should be passed by the Legislature to confer proper authority. The town will have to pass upon the sub- ject if the commissioners are to exercise further jurisdiction.
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THE WIDENING OF MAIN STREET.
Agreeable to your instructions the selectmen appeared at the meeting called by the county commissioners, and entered a vigorous protest in behalf of the town against the pro- posed widening. Notice has been served upon the town that it has been "adjudged that said alterations petitioned for are of common convenience and necessity," and that the commissioners will meet at the selectmen's room in Melrose, Feburary 27th, at IO A. M., "to locate accordingly." It is apparent that the vote and protest of the town had no weight with the Hon. Board of county commissioners.
THE MELROSE SAVINGS BANK AND THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS.
Early in June the board of assessors petitioned the select- men to allot them a room by themselves where the import- ant records of their office could be carefully kept and where they could obtain a degree of privacy. The only room at our command being that occupied by the Savings Bank, which was originally provided with vault, etc., for the special use of the collector and assessors, we notified the officers of that institution, June 3d, that the room was desired for town purposes. No attention being paid to our request, we waited until June 24th, at that time issuing an order to vacate before July 15th. Previous to that date the bank arranged matters in such a way that the collector and assessors ap- pear "to dwell together in unity" with the savings bank of- ficials.
MUZZLING OF DOGS.
An order was issued June 24th to muzzle all dogs in town from that date until August Ist. No cases of hydrophobia have been reported since that time.
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THE GENERAL CONTINGENT FUND.
This fund has been depleted by causes entirely outside the control of your board of selectmen, such as changes in the statute law whereby we were obliged to pay for the ser- vices of inspectors at the polls, $40.00 ; for distributing license ballots, $5.00 ; publishing the list of polls, $81.23 ; returning of births, marriages and deaths, from physicians, undertakers and the Town Clerk, all being required by law, which, added to the cost of 25 polling booths, $75, and other expenses, $63, makes a grand total of $444 for which we were not prepared, having had no intimation that most of these extraordinary payments would be called for. We have also been obliged to pay out of this fund an amount clearly chargeable to the assessors' department, viz .: $81.23 (noted above) for poll tax list. For assessors' and collector's books, $19 ; printing tax bills, &c., $28.50 ; books $11.50 sundries, $7.60 ; county atlas, $15, and furniture, $25.24; total, $188.07. The cost of printing town reports, 1889, (given to lowest bidder) was $421.80 ; other printing, such as advertising and printing warrants for town meetings, committee hearings, etc., about $175.00. The cost of officers' fees in serving warrants for town meetings has been $89.00, and the payment of damages heretofore mentioned in this report to Dr. H. C. Williams, G. O. Archibald and H. W. Eldridge amounted to $180. All of these payments were rendered absolutely necessary, could not be avoided, and they have used up the entire fund. There still remains bills amounting to about $175 to be provided for.
ADDITIONAL WATER BONDS.
By direction of the town the selectmen petitioned the Legislature for the passage of an Act to issue $50.000 ad-
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ditional water bonds, to be used in part to retire the issue of July, 1870, of $100,000.00, the remainder being met by the transfer of $50.000 from the water loan sinking fund. These bonds were issued in lots of 10 @ 4 per cent., falling due in 1896-1897-1898-1899 and 1900, and were sold at a premium of 1.59 per cent.
In conclusion, the selectmen would say, that no appropria- tion over which they have absolute control has been over- drawn, but there are necessary bills as heretofore stated amounting to $293.34 on street lights, and about $175 on the general contingent as yet unpaid, which you are asked to pro- vide for. Heretofore our rate of taxation has been maintained at a very low figure, and we consider the town in excellent financial condition.
Respectfully submitted,
LEVI S. GOULD, JOHN P. DEERING, Selectmen.
CHARLES W. HIGGINS, )
MELROSE TOWN RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1890.
WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 3, 1890.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Melrose, in the County of Middlesex : GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the inhabitants of the town of Melrose, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, on Monday, the third day of March, A. D. 1890, at 7 o'clock, A. M., then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
2. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of Selectmen to five, on petition of George T. Brown and others.
3. To bring in their votes on one ballot for all necessary Town Officers.
4. Upon a separate ballot to bring in their votes in an- swer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" Form and size of ballots to be as prescribed in Chapter 49, Acts of 1886.
5. To choose any other Town Officers deemed necessary or required by law.
6. To authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow money for the purpose of meeting the demands of the town, with the approval of the Selectmen.
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7. To raise money for Schools.
8. To raise money for School Contingent Expenses.
9. To raise money for Highways.
IO. To raise money for Sidewalks.
II. To.raise money for Crossings and Gutters.
12. To raise money for the support of the poor.
13. To raise money for the Fire Department.
14. To raise money for lighting and care of Street Lights.
15. To raise money for additional Street Lamps.
16. To raise money for Police and Watchmen.
17. To raise money for Contingent Expenses.
18. To raise money to pay interest on the Town Debt.
19. To raise money for the Reduction of the Town Debt.
20. To raise money for the Public Library.
21. To raise money for the use of Water, in hydrants, public buildings, etc.
22. To raise money for the relief of needy soldiers and sailors as provided by Chap. 298, Acts of 1889.
23. To raise money for Salaries of Town Officers, and to fix the compensation of all officers and committees elected or appointed by the Town.
24. To raise money for Drainage, Bridges and Culverts.
25. To raise money for the purposes for which the Treas- urer has been authorized to borrow and the Selectmen to expend during the past year, and for any other necessary expenses for the ensuing year.
26. To determine the method by which the taxes for the year shall be collected.
27. To authorize the Town Treasurer to issue Water Fund Bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of construction for the ensuing year.
28. To see if the Town will raise the sum of $200 for keeping in repair and decorating the graves of Soldiers on Memorial Day.
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29. To see if the Town will raise money to grade and improve the "Soldiers' Lot" in Wyoming Cemetery, as set apart by the Selectmen.
30. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200 to improve the Town Common, on petition of William N. Folsom and others. ·
31. To see if the Town will remove the ledges within the limits of High and Vinton streets and otherwise improve said streets, and raise money for the same on petition of William A. Burrell and 24 others.
32. To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed Nov. 9, 1889, to procure plans, specifications, and estimates for a High School Building, to select land, etc.
33. To see if the Town will build a High School Build- ing, purchase land for the same, remove the present High School Building if necessary, and authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for said purposes.
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