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AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the Year Ending December 31, 1891.
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LYNN, MASS. : PRESS OF G. H. & W. A. NICHOLS, 411 UNION STREET, 1892.
LOCAL HISTORY Ref.352 Saugus v.4
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS,
For the Year Ending December 31, 1891.
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
LYNN, MASS .: PRESS OF G. H. & W. A. NICHOLS, 411 UNION STREET, 1892.
TOWN OFFICERS, 1891.
Selectmen.
ARTHUR B. SMITH. EDWARD BREWER. CHARLES FLORENCE.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM H. NEWHALL.
Treasurer. JOSEPH WHITEHEAD.
Assessors.
BENJ. F. CALLEY. GEORGE N. MILLER. JOSHUA H. COBURN.
Overseers of Poor.
JOHN ARMITAGE.
GEORGE FAULKNER.
EDWARD S. KENT.
Collector of Taxes. A. DUDLEY JOHNSON.
Constable. CHAS. F. CLARK.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
HERBERT B. NEWHALL. SAMUEL HAWKES. HERBERT O. PRATT.
School Committee.
STACEY FOWLER. E. G. SMITH.
HENRY J. MILLS.
Road Commissioners.
ANTHONY HATCH.
SOLON V. EDMANDS. W. A. TREFETHEN.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Board of Engineers. CHARLES I. HITCHINGS. WALTER S. DODGE. JAMES F. PRATT.
Water Commissioners.
WILBUR F. NEWHALL. CHARLES H. BOND. EDWARD BREWER.
Trustees of Public Library.
BENJ. F. CALLEY. M. B. FAXON.
CHARLES H. BOND.
Registrars.
A. CLARKE NEWHALL. S. A. D. FORRISTALL. WILLIAM H. NEWHALL. WILLIAM H. TWISS.
Auditor. MARION V. PUTNAM.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1891.
MARCH.
Schools .
$9,000 00
Selectmen
5,000 00
Overseers of Poor
3,850 00
Water Loan
1,000 00
Sinking Fund .
1,050 00
Interest .
6,700 00
Salem Turnpike
1,000 00
State Aid
1,200 00
Highways .
4,000 00
Fire Department
700 00
Police .
500 00
Shingling School House
250 00
Memorial Day
100 00
Enforcement of License Law .
500 00
Street Lighting
1,350 00
Cemetery
500 00
Curbing Monument .
1,700 00
School Fence, Ward 3
125 00
B. F. Robinson .
145 00
Road Commissioners, 1890
93 07
Hose House
3,500 00
Salaries .
1,705 00
Water Gates .
100 00
Renumbering Houses 50 00
Laying Water Pipes
525 00
Superintendent of Schools
400 00
Edwin Jeffers, Damages .
150 00
$45,193 07
OCTOBER.
Laying Pipes, Central Street . $400 00
Water Pipes, DeSoto ave. .
1,200 00
Water Pipes, Lincoln ave.
800 00
Water Pipes, Foster st. to Woodbury ave. 500 00
Water Pipes, Baker st. and Western ave. 3,000 00
Water Pipes, Pleasant Hills
5,000 00
$10,900 00
$56,093 07
REPORT OF AUDITOR.
The accounts of the officers of the town have been duly examined and found correctly cast, with proper vouchers.
MARION V. PUTNAM, Auditor.
SAUGUS, JAN. 20, 1892.
ERRATA.
Page 33. "Parson Knight" should read Parsons & Knight.
Page 55. Item "Interest on Deposits" should be taken out. See page 54, line 33.
Page 55 Item line 6, Credit account should read, Common- wealth Tax, &c.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT. INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation
EXPENDITURES. . .
. $5,000 00
1891.
Jan. 2
Auditors, 1890 $30 00
Feb. 2 Percy M. Wilson, witness . 2 00
Charles F. Clark, printing and Dist. Reports . 9 00
J. M. Ramsdell, janitor, hall 18 30
J. W. Darcy, 45 burial permits 11 25
Hall & Newhall, insurance . 80 00
Chapman Valve Co., water gate Mary A. Fiske 4 00
10 50
March 2 A. J. Russell, printing
27 00
John Pilling 2 50
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 27 90
Lynn Water Board, repairs .
108 70
Chapman Valve Co., repairs 23 39
Photo Electro Co., seal
5 00
Mary A. Fiske 4 00
9 W. W. Lowe, services election, Nov. 5 00
20 W. A. Trefethen, labor 3 50
27 A. Clarke Newhall, registrar 10 00
S. A. D. Forristall, registrar 8 00
Stationery, postage and auditor book 10 60
Mary A. Fiske
4 00
Stocker & Hitchings, coal 35 95
Amount carried forward, $440 59
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $440 59
April 6 W. F. Gillette
35 90
James Oliver, labor
1 00
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor
21 60
Wm. H. Newhall
8 40
Charles F. Clark 16 50
13 George M. Amerige, insurance 45 00
Geo. W. Gale, M. D., ret'g births 5 75
Thomas P. Nichols, printing 34 00
20 Public Statutes and type writing 3 85
29 Joseph Newhall, labor 7 75
May
4 Damon Safe Co., changing lock . 3 00
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 25 00
214 00
Thos. P. Nichols, printing reports Benj. F. Calley, expenses asses- sors 19 27
Henry J. Mills, ballot clerk 2 50
Mary A. Fiske 4 00
C. A. Newhall, moderator 10 00
7 Chas. F. Clark 10 00
Mary Gavin, goods destroyed 30 00 J. W. Paul, labor 9 75
June
1 Mary A. Fiske
4 00
Blanks, licenses, etc. 6 47
Joseph Newhall, labor Old Cem- etery 84 69
J. N. Ramsdell 17 40
Lynn Water Board 15 00
B. F. Calley, assessor 13 50
Edw. E. Sparhawk, surveying
6 00
24 James R. Hughes, repairs 4 90
July
2 Joseph Newhall, labor Old Cem. 17 30
6 James A. Halliday, adv'g. 4 00
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 11 40
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber 13 89
B. F. Newhall, assessor 63 75
Roland Mansfield, goods destroyed 35 00
W. F. Gillette, care library 20 00
Dr. E. A. L. Francois, ret'g births 2 75
Amount carried forward, $1,267 91
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Amount brought forward, $1,267 91
July
6 Charles F. Clark, services for
Board of Health 5 45
Mary A. Fiske 4 00
2.2 W. H. Stocker, postage 1 03
Aug. 3 Benton C. Rowell, ballot clerk 2 50
J. A. Halliday, adv'g 5 00
Chas. F. Clark 21 25
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 11 10
E. R. Newhall, express 7 50
B. F. Calley, assessor 58 75
R. Y. Russell, printing 6 00
Chas. T. Manning, painting fence 50 00
R. W. Hodgkins, screens 6 00
Stocker & Hitchings, coal 79 28
C. S. Hitchings, pitcher, etc. 1 90
Mary A. Fiske £ 4 00
J. A. Halliday, adv'g By-Laws 83 00
Fertilizer
2 10
Sept. 7 Robinson & Stephenson, printing
42 00 1500 By-Laws . . Joseph Newhall, labor, Old Cem. 85 19
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 10 20
B. F. Calley, assessor 57 :25
Hastings & Sons, adv'g 2 63
Lynn Water Board, fire service . 280 00
Lynn Water Board, Cemetery 42 26
B. N. Johnson, 6 months legal service 84 80
Chas F. Clark
11 50
L. A. May & Co., lamp 3 00
A. Dudley Johnson, 1} % $31,800 col. . .
477 00
Goodridge, Courtney & Cooke, printing . 22 25
Mary A. Fiske 4 00
Sept. 18 Geo. E. Crosby & Co., printing 4 75
Henry J. Mills, repairs, etc., schools . Amount carried forward,
26 00
$2,769 60
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Amount brought forward, $2,769 60
Oct. 5 Dearborn Bros., repairs, schools 16 60
School Committee, repairs, schools 83 66
Wm. H. Newhall, labor on By- Laws 15 96
Joseph Newhall, labor, etc., on Cemetery 54 50
C. A. Blakeley, blacksmith 5 80
W. F. Gillette, library work 20 75 ·
R. Y. Russell, printing warrants. 12 00
Wm. F. Paul, labor
24 17
J. A. Halliday, advertising 2 00
Thos. P. Nichols, printing for as- sessor's 21 50
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor 7 65
C. F. Clark
10 00
Mary A. Fiske
4 00
Oct. 10 George E. Crosby, printing 2 50
Nov.
2 Mary A. Fiske 4 00
C. F. Clark, services . 24 00
Nov.
6 S. A. D. Forristall, registrar 21 50
A. Clark Newhall, registrar 21 50
Dec. 7 Wm. H. Newhall, registrar 27 55
Wm. H. Twiss, registrar ·
18 00
Printing 2 75
50 00
Tellers and Inspectors Postage 1 00
J. N. Ramsdell, janitor
6 15
G. K. Stackpole, heat and light 1 50 Thomas P. Parsons, moderator 5 00
J. C. Lewis, signs 5 00
McGilvray & Wiley, repairs 15 95 .
T. P. Nichols, lists 26 00
Jos. Newhall, labor, etc.
16 86
Lynn Water Board
21 00
W. F. Paul, labor
2 21
Mary A. Fiske
4 00
Thomas Newhall, care hall
35 73
Amount carried forward, $3,360 39
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Amount brought forward, $3,360 39
Dec. 31 Chas. F. Clark, services 17 00
C. A. Blakeley, labor 4 40
J. R. Hughes, repairs, pump, etc. 3 55
Geo. N. Miller, services as as- sessor 58 75
J. H. Coburn, services as assessor Hall & Newhall, insurance, hall 281 25
50 75
F. S. Phelps & Co., insurance, hall 281 25
Mary A. Fiske
4 00
W. L. Newhall, painting 3 00
C. H. Bond, rent hall 6 00
Typewriting 3 50
B. N. Johnson, legal services 150 90
W. F. Gillette, binding books, etc. 37 70
J. S. Phelps, insurance hose house 10 00
Hall & Newhall, insurance, hose house 5 00
S. V. Edmands, services 1 50
J. R. Hughes, repairs 8 38
Joseph Whitehead, supplies, hall F. W. Clark, janitor .
30 08
10 98
John Flye, labor, flag staff, etc. 18 75
Overseers, ℃ shingling 100 00
Wm. H. Newhall, extra work and returning births, marriages, etc Joseph Newhall, 60 burial per- mits 6 00
82 65
C. F. Clark, for Board of Health 10 50 Thomas Newhall, janitor service 3 96
Anthony Hatch, services election 2 50 W. Trefethen, services election 2 50
B. F. Calley, services assessor 59 75
J. W. Paul, repairs 11 40
P. P. Tapley & Co. numbers 58 20
Assessors, expenses 15 16
C. F. Clark, supplies for Hall 28 60
Goodridge, Courtney & Cook, printing 19 75
Amount carried forward, $4,748 10
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Amount brought forward, $4,748 10
C. S. Osgood, Deeds 19 65
Assessors, Surveys, etc. 57 56
A. Dudley Johnson, 13% on $12,900 193 50
Dr. J. N. Knight, returning births 8 25
$5,027 06
Less transfer to salaries of as-
sessors 300 00
$4,727 06
STATE AID.
Appropriation
. $1,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Bruce, Aug. W.
$6 00
Bragg, Elisha
36 00
Gavin, Mary
48 00
Fiske, Mary A.
48 00
Holbrook, Annie J. 48 00
Holbrook, Charlotte
48 00
Mansfield, Abagail
24 00
Noble, Wm. . 24 00
Tremany, Mary
48 00
Webb, James
36 00
Wiggin, Lydia
48 00
Williams, Margaret
24 00
21 00
Whittemore, Joel E. Ireson, David A.
36 00
Chase, Eliza J.
48 00
Wiley, Baxter I.
48 00
Moulton, Judith
48 00
Penney, D. D. 36 00
Penney, Salena E.
36 00
Fawcett, Dexter H.
32 00
Fawcett, Mary P. .
32 00
Day, Mary E.
32 00
$807 00 (All repaid by State.)
.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
MILITARY AID.
Gabriel, Wm. E.
. $120 00
Guilford, Bimsley P.
60 00
Roots, Alfred B.
72 00
$252 00
(One-half repaid by State.)
- $1,059 00
SHINGLING SCHOOL HOUSE.
Appropriation
$250 00
EXPENDITURE.
J. Wesley Paul, labor and material
.
249 60
CURBING MONUMENT.
Appropriation . $1,700 00
EXPENDITURES.
E. E. Sparhawk, surveying $13 50
E. E. Sparhawk, J. E. Stone 20 00
Hallowell Granite Works . 1,495 00
Joseph Newhall, labor
· 170 48
$1,698 98
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$100 00
July 2, Post 95
100 00
FENCE, WARD 3.
Appropriation
$125.00
.
EXPENDITURE.
.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURE.
H. R. Mackenzie, labor and material $125 00
B. F. ROBINSON.
Appropriation
$145 00
EXPENDITURE.
April 6, order on treasurer . .
145 00
EDWIN JEFFERS.
Appropriation
$150 00
EXPENDITURE.
April 6, order on treasurer
150 00
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Appropriation
$93 07
EXPENDITURE.
March 20, order on treasurer . .
93 07
CEMETERY.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
April 29 Labor, etc. .
$36 75
June 1 Labor, etc.
· 237 69
July 2 Labor, etc. .
64 00
Sept. 7 Labor, etc. . 152 90
Oct. 5 Blacksmith . 6 00
$497 34
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
LAYING WATER PIPES.
Appropriation
$525 00
EXPENDITURES.
Aug. 3 Town of Melrose, water pipe .. $102 40 H. A. Haley, casting water pipes 5 00 .
Dec. 7 Lynn Water Board, laying pipes 106 55
31 W. F. Newhall, expenses 10 00 Lynn Water Board 20 00
$243 95
WATER APPROPRIATION, OCTOBER.
Appropriation
$10,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Dec. 31
Goodhue & Birnir
$4,983 82
Isaac K. Harris 90 00
$5,073 82
LAYING PIPE CENTRAL SQUARE.
Appropriation
$400 00
EXPENDITURES.
Nov. 6 H. A. Nowell $22 75 . Edward S. Kent . 162 00
Joseph Newhall . 40 50
Dec. £ 7 Joseph Newhall, laborer 68 52
$293 77
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$1,350 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
Charles F. Clark, January $101 12
February
90 19
March
.
106 96
April
101 70
May
102 65
June
97 99
July
109 95
August
116 05
September
117 61
October
118 40
November
122 53
December .
130 55
$1,315 70
(Contract at 3} cents per night for each light.)
RENUMBERING HOUSES.
Appropriation
$50 00
EXPENDITURE.
Labor, etc.
$50 00
HOSE HOUSE.
Appropriation
$3,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Oct. 10 Land
. $500 00
Dec. 7 S. B. Hussey
. 1,200 00
31 Penn Varney, Architect
137 40 .
S. B. Hussey
. 1,584 00
Frank Stocker, gravel
5 25
J. W. Paul, on plans
6 00
A. S. Edmands, shades
'17 00
J. R. Hughes, heater
49 95
$3,499 60
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SALARIES.
Appropriation
$1,705 00
EXPENDITURES.
Town Clerk
.
$50 00
Selectmen
. 300 00 ·
Assessors
300 00 .
Overseers
160 00
Constables
30 00
School Committee
250 00
Road Commissioners
120 00
Board of Health
30 00
Treasurer
350 00
Engineers
40 00
Auditor
75 00
$1,705 00
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
. Appropriation
$400 00
NOT EXPENDED.
WATER GATES.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURES.
Lynn Water Board Locating
$47 00
POLICE.
Appropriation
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Chas. F. Clark, services
. $122 75
H. G. Day
39 00
Thomas Newhall 26 05 .
Amount carried forward,
$187 80
.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$187 80
Percy M. Wilson
18 25
John S. Ross
85 25
Gus. A. Jordan
48 20
Brainard Perkins
10 75
Levi Florence
7 25
J. L. G. Estes
44 25
John P. Lovell Arms Co.
50 00
S. H. Baker
39 25
Joseph Newhall
2 00
C. O. Thompson
7 00
$500 00
ENFORCEMENT OF LICENCE.
Appropriation
.
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Percy Wilson, services
$22 50
Thomas Newhall .
29 00
Chas. F. Clark, including bills of others
183 35
John Flye
8 75
.
$243 60
DOG TAX.
Appropriated to Public Library . $181 14
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation Allowed by the State
$9,000 00
184 96
$9,184 96
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
ORDERS DRAWN.
February 2
. $958 48
March 2
. 875 25
March 27
914 63
May 4
.
. 776 94
June 1
. 893 73
July 2
. 876 77
October 5
. 1,381 24
November 2 .
. 852 25
December 7 .
571 65
December 31
. 1,084 02 - -
$9,184 96
SALEM TURNPIKE.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Gravel .
. $130 00
Labor and small material
. 853 22
$983 22
SINKING FUND.
Appropriation
$1,050 00
EXPENDITURE.
Dec. 31 Sinking Fund Commissioners $1,050 00
HIGHWAYS.
AAppropriation
$4,000 00
ORDERS DRAWN.
Mch. 20
. $700 00
April 6
1,000 00
20
. 500 00
May 4
1,000 00
20
. 500 00
Dec. 7
. 300 00 .
$4,000 00
.
.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$700 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. M. Lewis, trustee, rent, insur- ance 4, 1890 . $125 00
Amerige and Price, rent 200 00
Mar.
6 Amerige and price, water 6 50
Mar. 27 Stocker & Hitchings, coal
47 18
Apr. 6 Wheelbarrow 1 00
J. F. Pratt, care furnace
6 50
C. O. Thompson, care furnace
13 00
Lamp spring 1 50
Labor on hydrants
3 50
Oil, etc., Hose 1 1 80
Oil, etc., Hose 2
5 98
Chimneys
1 90
May
6 Coal .
29 84
Labor on hydrants
3 22
3 Records
3 00
Frame and wire 82
June
1 Lynn Water Board
13 00
J. W. Paul, labor, etc. 16 92
Use of horse
3 00
Hardware
2 60
Washing hose
2 00
Duster, chamois, etc.
5 75
Chimneys, etc.
2 90
Bottles, etc.
10 80
Aug.
3 Oil, etc.
95
Noteheads
4 00
Soda .
3 15
Repairing hose
1 00
Forest fires, washing hose, etc. 14 45
Forest fires, J. M. Wilson
1 50
Dec.
Lynn Water Board 3 00
H. A. Raddin, oil
6 06
W. F. Paul, labor, etc.
12 19
Amount carried forward, $554 01
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $554 01
Dec. D. S. Newhall, supplies 7 28
Stocker & Hitchings, wood and coal 38 53
Record book and sundry supplies 6 77
Lantern and frame 5 50
31 Joseph Whitehead, oil, etc.
2 20
E. Stevens, horse
2 00
J. A. Townsend, steward
10 00
J. M. Hall, salt and labor 7 00
Coal and wood
7 30
Express
50
Frame and wire
1 25
H. A. Raddin & Son, oil
2 10
Brainard Perkins, steward
10 00
Cuspadores
2 00
Chimneys
2 00
W. A. Raddin, steward
10 00
G. W. Caswell, plumbing
19 25
$687 69
Recapitulation Selectmen's Department.
Incidentals
$4,727 06
State and Military Aid
1,059 00
Shingling School House
249 60 .
Curbing Monument
1,698 98
Memorial Day
· 100 00
Fence, Ward III
125 00
B. F. Robinson
145 00
Edwin Jeffers
150 00
Road Commissioners (special)
93 07
Cemetery
497 34 ·
Laying Water Pipes, March
243 95
Laying Water Pipes, October
5,073 82
Central Square Drainage
293 77
Street Lighting
1,315 70
Re-numbering Houses
50 00
Salaries
1,705 00
Amount carried forward,
$17,527 29
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$17,527 29
Water Gates
47 00
Hose House .
3,499 60
Police
500 00
License
243 60
Schools
9,184 96
Salem Turnpike
. 983 22
Sinking Fund Commissioners
1,050 00
Highways
4,000 00
Fire Department
687 69
Dog Tax
. . 181 14 - $37,904 50
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
THE Selectmen have the honor to submit the following re- port for the year ending Dec. 31, 1891.
FINANCES.
We congratulate our citizens upon our still further im- proved financial condition, our deficiency being reduced during the past year $1,516.15. At first glance this reduc- tion looks small compared with the previous year, but when we consider the new water debt authorized at the October meeting of $10,500, the abatement of $1,586.03 on the tax list of 1885-6-7 and 8, it will be at once apparent that the year 1891 presents even a better account than did 1890. The valuation of the Town, both real and personal, on May 1, 1891, was $2,609,647, the present deficiency is $72,806.78. Our entire debt will be wiped out by the sinking fund in 1903. We have paid the Cyrus Cheever heirs' notes for $7,600, being all we owe them; have paid our temporary loan of $12,000, and have borrowed this year in anticipation of taxes $10,000.
STREET LIGHTING.
The street lighting contract was again given to Mr. Chas. F. Clark at 314 cents per lantern per night under previous conditions. We again call the attention of the citizens to the Town's requirements-"That no street lanterns should be lighted by the Town unless located by the Selectmen." We have had no fault found with this department, and believe that the Town has been lighted as well and cheaply as possi- ble under the present system. We are at present lighting 188 lanterns, and the Town can be lighted for another year for the same appropriation as this, if lighted in the same
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manner. The cost of lighting by electric lights would be from $2,500 to $3,000.
SALEM TURNPIKE.
We have given this roadway a great deal of attention, and it is at present in excellent condition, having expended $983.22, 75 per cent of which amount will be refunded by the County of Essex.
STATE AID.
The Town appropriated $1,200 for state and military aid. We have paid out $1,059.00, one half of which will be repaid by the state. We refer you to Auditor's Report for items.
SUITS.
The only suits the Town has on its hands are those of John Kinman against the town, which is still untried, and of John Kiernan which is being defended by the Lynn and Boston R. R. Co., and we expect will come to trial in February.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
We refer you to the Chief Engineer's report for particu- lars in this department, and we wish to say that at the few fires we have had this year, the hose companies proved very efficient. The Town appropriated $3,500 to buy land and build a hose house at East Saugus, under the supervision of a committee, who make the following report, viz. :
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NEW HOSE HOUSE IN WARD 4.
At a meeting of the citizens of the town held on the 9th day of March, 1891, it was voted that the sum of $3,500 be and is hereby appropriated to purchase land and build a suitable building for the use of the fire department in ward 4.
Voted, that the Board of Selectmen, Board of Engineers and George D. Sargeant constitute a committee to carry the . above vote into effect.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
April 29 the committee organized by the choice of Arthur B. Smith, chairman, and Charles I. Hitchings, secretary.
Messrs. Sargeant and Hitchings were appointed a com- mittee to select a suitable site. They decided on the land in Franklin square owned by C. A. Sweetser, which was purchased for the sum of $500.
Messrs. Sargeant, Florence and Hitchings were appointed a committee to procure plans and estimates for proposed building.
Penn Varney, architect, of Lynn, submitted plans which were accepted by the committee.
Bids for the erection of the building were received from four of the principal builders of Lynn, and one from Saugus, three of the leading builders of Saugus declining to make any estimates. The committee awarded the contract to Mr. Samuel B. Hussey of Lynn, he being the lowest bidder.
The contract of Mr. Hussey included piling and plumbing. The contract was signed Nov. 7, 1891. The building was completed and accepted by the committee Jan. 7, '92.
Appropriation
$3,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
C. A. Sweetser, land
. $500 00
S. B. Hussey, contract
2,748 00
Extras .
36 00
J. R. Hughes, heating
49 95
J. W. Paul, services
6 00
Penn Varney, plans and superintending
137 40
Fred Stocker, gravel
5 25
A. S. Edmands, curtains
17 00
$3,499 60
We recommend that the Town build equally as good a house at Cliftondale the ensuing year, as it will be economy for the Town to own its hose house, rather than pay $200 rent as at present for poorer accommodations than they would then have.
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POLICE.
The Town appropriated $500 for this department, conse- quently we kept within the limit, but have found this amount insufficient to police the Town in the manner many citizens seemed to think necessary, but we think the Town generally has been satisfied with the services rendered by its police officers. We have no regular officers, all of our appoint- ments being of Special Police.
Of the appropriation of $500 for the enforcement of the License Law, we have expended $243.60, most of this having been spent at North Saugus ; two parties having been con- victed of selling liquors illegally in that part of the Town.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Town has received this year from the County of Essex on account of dog tax, $181.14, and this has been spent by the Trustees of the Library for books-the Town having appropriated the monies to be received from this source for this purpose.
CEMETERY.
Of the $500 appropriated for the improvement of the new part of the Cemetery, we have expended $497.34, and have sold lots in this part amounting to $616.50. We would re- commend an appropriation of $500 next year, also, for the further improvement of this part, as the Town is likely to need more lots next year than we now have.
We have carried the water from the street into the Cem- etery this year as it seemed to be badly needed.
We appointed Mr. Joseph Newhall, Superintendent, and we believe he has given satisfaction.
CURBING AND GRADING MONUMENT SQUARE.
Of the $1,700 appropriated for this purpose we have ex- pended $1,698.98. The contract was awarded to the Hal- lowell Granite Co. who were much the lowest bidders. Your
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Board were well pleased with their work and trust the Town is also.
STREETS.
In the judgment of this Board, the time has come when the best interests of the Town will be subserved by having this department in the charge of a Superintendent of Streets, and we would recommend that the Town at the annual meeting take action to abolish the Board of Road Commissioners.
Our estimate of appropriations needed for the ensuing year is as follows :
Incidental expenses
. $5,000 00
Salem Turnpike'
£ 1,000 00
Salaries
1,700 00
Street Lights
1,470 00
State Aid
1,200 00
Interest
7,000 00 .
Police, and enforcement of Liquor Law
1,000 00
Fire Department .
600 00
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ARTHUR B. SMITH, EDWARD BREWER, Selectmen.
CHARLES FLORENCE.
REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
WARD I.
Labor, Jan. 1 to April 1
$19 40
Tools
11 45
Bar Steel
8 90
Labor, April 1 to July 1
430 50
Gravel
49 52
Blacksmith
13 67
Drill Steel
7 10
Labor, July 1 to Jan. 1 .
12 25
S. A. Guilford, lumber .
42 59
Labor on bridge
25 30
Gravel
1 60
Parsons & Knight, lumber
9 92
$632 20
Labor @ $1.75 per day.
WARD II.
Labor, Jan., Feb., March
. $152 50
Repairs on snow plow
10 50
Snow shovels
4 50
Labor, April, May, June
475 20
H. A. Nowell, on culverts
49 00
Blacksmith
16 60
Gravel, F. Stocker
33 00
Gravel, Foster & Woodbury
17 10
Rakes, powder, etc.
1 30
Drag plank
2 50
Blacksmith
2 30
Labor, Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.
120 74
Gravel
16 40
Lumber
4 40
Blacksmith
1 00
Shovel and rake
1 80
$908 84
Labor, @ $2.00 and $1.75 per day.
Amount carried forward,
$1,541 04
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Amount brought forward,
$1,541 04
WARD III.
Labor, Jan., Feb., March
$323 06 .
Sand
3 50
Painting
75
Lumber
2 62
Tools
13 76
Labor, April, May, June
540 38
Blasting
6 30
Blacksmith work
27 50
Powder
3 75
Tools
1 66
Labor, July 1 to Oct. 1.
31 63
Time book
60
Labor, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31
99 76
Tools
1 90
$1,057 17
Labor, @ $1.75 per day.
WARD IV.
Labor, Jan., Feb., March
. $127 32
Wormsted
13 00
Stocker .
11 00
Blacksmith
5 55
Sand
8 50
Tools
2 70
Signs
5 75
Labor, April to Oct. 1,
544 05
James Oliver
4 00
Painting signs
2 00
Tools
3 60
Stone
1 00
Drain pipe and stone
11 00
Lumber .
$15.60 and $116.05
131 65
Labor on bridge
29 25
Labor, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31
82 12
Gravel
37 60
Drainage
15 00
$1,035 09
Less received of Lynn % bridge . 27 33 $1,007 76
Labor, @ $2.00 and $1.75 per day.
Amount carried forward,
$3,605 97
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$3,605 97
Amount brought forward,
WARD V.
Labor, Jan., Feb., March
.
$29 25
Labor, April, May, June
355 44
Tools
2 34
Blacksmith
4 50
$391 53
$2 50 in hands of Road Commissioners.
$3,997 50
The Road Commissioners in closing their accounts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1891, would report as follows, viz., that while the appropriation was somewhat larger than in past years, in reality we did not have as much money to expend on roads, on account of having so much snow the past winter to remove.
There has been an extra amount of bridge and culvert work this year; the new planking at East Saugus is a con- tinual expense and makes quite a hole in the appropriation, and lessens the amount for roads.
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