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authmy B. Smithe,
AUDITOR'S ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1892.
SA
UGU
162
1815.
LYNN, MASS: PRESS OF JOHN F. MCCARTY, & CO. 27 CENTRAL SQUARE,
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v. 5
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
Receipts and Expenditures,
OF THE-
TOWN OF SAUGUS,
For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1892.
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
LYNN, MASS. PRESS OF J. F. MCCARTY, 27 CENTRAL SQUARE. 1893.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1892
Selectmen.
EDWARD BREWER. MARION V. PUTNAM. CHARLES FLORENCE.
Town Clerk. WILLIAM H. NEWHALL.
Treasurer. JOSEPH WHITEHEAD.
Assessors.
BENJ. F. CALLEY.
BENJ. F. ROBINSON.
GEORGE R. HAYWOOD.
Overseers of Poor.
JOHN ARMITAGE. GEORGE FAULKNER. EDWARD S. KENT.
Collector of Taxes. A. DUDLEY JOHNSON.
Constable. CHARLES F. CLARK.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
HERBERT B. NEWHALL. SAMUEL HAWKES. HERBERT O. PRATT.
School Committee.
STACEY FOWLER. E. G. SMITHI.
HENRY J. MILLS.
Superintendent of Streets, JOHN S. EDMANDS.
Board of Engineers. 1
CHARLES I. HITCHINGS. JAMES F. PRATT.
W. S. DODGE.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Trustees of Public Library. M. B. FAXON. B. F. CALLEY. C. H. BOND. W. F. GILETTE.
Registrars.
WILLIAM H. NEWHALL. A. CLARK NEWHALL. WILLIAM H. TWISS.
S. A. D. FORRISTALL.
Board of Health. -
DR. GEORGE W. GALE. DR. J. N. KNIGHT. CHARLES F. CLARK.
Chief of Police. FRANK W. JOY.
Auditor. GEORGE PARSONS.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1892.
MARCH.
Schools $9500 00
Selectmen's Incidentals
5000 00
Overseers of Poor
3800 00
Water Loan, Old New
1000 00
1000 00
Sinking Fund
1370 00
Interest
7000 00
Salem Turnpike
1000 00
State Aid
I200 00
Highways and Bridges
4000 00
Fire Department
700 00
Police
500 00
Enforcement of Liquor Law 1000 00
Street Lighting
1400 00
Cemetery, new part, 500 00
Memorial Day
100 00
Salaries 1820 00
Free Public Library (and Dog Tax) 250 00
Searching Records
100 00
Electric Lights, 3 mos. at rate of $3000 per annum 750 00 _$41 990 00
JULY 20. 1892.
For Laying Water pipes in Tuttle Street 200 00
For Additional repairs on Highways and Bridges
1200 00
For Laying pipes through Stone and Elm Streets 700 00
For Improvements in the Sanitary Arrangements in High School Rooms
200 00 2300 00
AUGUST 19, 1892.
John Parkins to Settle Damages
.
100 00
100 00
OCTOBER 5, 1892.
For the Laying of Water Pipes
.
5000 00
5000 00
49390 00
.
REPORT OF AUDITOR.
The accounts of the officers of the town have been duly examined and found correctly cast, with proper vouchers for the same.
GEORGE PARSONS, Auditor.
SAUGUS, JAN. 24, 1892.
AUDITOR'S REPORT SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation EXPENDITURES. Jan. 18 Wm. H. Hitchings, peram- bulating Town Lines, 1890 10 00
5000 00
Feb. I Dr G. W. Gale. on return- ing births, 7 25
Chas. F. Clark, on acc. of Board of Health 7 50
F. W. Clark, janitor of Town Hall
20 34
Mary A. Fiske, State Aid
4 00
March 7 G. H. & W. A Nichols, printing Town Reports .
198 40
Mary A. Fiske
4 00
Frank W. Clark, janitor Town Hall 25 38
C. F. Clark, services etc 40 00
April R. Y. Russell, printing 33 00 4 . 6 1000 posters 10 00
Arthur D. Hitchings, teller 5 00
J. A. Smith 5 00 Fred C. Newhall . . 5 00
Wm. F. Belcher 5 00
A. Clark Newhall, registrar 12 00
S. A. D. Forristall 13 25
Chas. F. Clark, board of health
3 50
Geo. Parsons, teller 5 00 Geo. A. Learoyd, election officer 5 00
J. G. Roberts, binding books
19 20
Amount carried forward, 437 82
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 437,82
W. F. Gillette, attendance at library 26 00
Rockwell & Churchill, cat- alogues for library 40 30
Wm. H. Newhall, registrar 18 00
Henry J. Mills, teller · 5 00
C. F. Fowler
5 00
Geo. A. Learoyd, rent of hall refunded 5 00
F. W. Clark, janitor Town hall 24 30
G. H. Davis, cutting wood I 25
C. O. Thompson, teller 5 00
M. V. Putnam, postage, etc.
5 23
C. E. Putnam, teller
5 00
Mary A. Fiske
4 00 ·
S. M. Spencer, stamp I 50
2 C. F. Clark, Board of Health IO 50
H. B. Fowler, teller 2 50
J. F. McCarty, printing .
9 00
T. W. Twiss, registrar · 6 00
E. B. Kent, teller
.
2 50
.
Geo. M. Amerige, insurance 22 50
Geo. F. Crosby, printing ·
7 50
Hall & Newhall, insurance . 60 00
R. Y. Russell, printing . . 24 00 J. W. Paul, repairs on Town Hall · 43 05
Joseph Newhall, labor in Cemetery .
. 51 62
C. I. Hitchings, forest fires 31 65 D. Ingalls, cutting wood · 3 50
May 2 Lynn Water Board 17 80
F. W. Clark, janitor Town Hall 16 41
F. P. Hitchings, Ex. Estate, Wm. F. Hitchings, Col- lector II2 3I
Mary A. Fiske, State Aid, . 4 00
7 Hall & Newhall, insurance, 40 00
Amount carried forward, 1048,24.
May
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 1048,24
W. L. Newhall, painting flag- staff, East Saugus, . 24 76
W. L. Newhall, painting at Town Hall .
5 80
R. Y. Russell, printing as-
sessors' notices 3 50
Thos. P. Nichols, printing 30 00
Hastings & Son, advertising 3 00
J. A. Halliday I 00
R. Y. Russell, printing .
3 00
June 6
·
2 00
J. Newhall, labor in cemetery 89 50
W. F. Paul, repairs on
hearse house . 42 28
J. F. McCarty & Co., printing 9 00
Geo. E. Crosby & Co. I 75
F. W. Clark, janitor Town Hall 16 94
J. W. Darcy, burial permits 14 00 S. Hobbs & Co., stationery 6 25
Mary A. Fiske 4 00
July 2 J. Newhall, labor in cem- etery 216 37
F. W. Clark, janitor 12 06
W. F. Gillette, attendance at library 28 25
R. Y. Russell, printing
library slips 2 50
J. G. Roberts, binding books 2 40
D. L. Veasey, carrying 5 50
Mary A. Fiske .
4 00
20 G. B. Griffin, postage
4 47
Aug. I Chas. F. Clark, distributing warrants 7 00
Chas. F. Clark, inspecting provisions and meats .
5 50
R. Y. Russell, printing war- rants 12 50
F. E. Clark, janitor Town Hall
II 70
Amount carried forward, 1617,27
10
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought foward, 1617,27
J. Newhall, labor in cem- etery 156 93
J. L. Edmands, labor in cemetery 32 04
Secretary of State of Maine 7 50
Mary A. Fiske 4 00
Sept. 6 J. Newhall, labor in cemetery 18 27
C. F. Clark, Board of Health 3 05
" distributing warrants 9 50
R. Y. Russell, printing 12 00
F. W. Clark, janitor Town Hall IO 80
C. J. Callahan, for sods
15 40
C. C. Merrithew, stock and labor on school-house fence
38 00
Lynn Water Board 25 70
General Printing Co., print- tags, bills, etc. 17 50
James A. Halliday, print- ing notices ·
2 50
Marion V. Putnam, expense
12 00
Sept 6 John L. Edmands, extra labor on highways 148 90
F. D. Mayo & Co., blasting Lynn City Hospital medical attendance B. F. Guilford
67 95
S. A. Guilford, lumber 8 82
Geo. E. Crosby & Co., print- ing 13 25
Mary A. Fiske
4 00
Oct
3 R. Y. Russell, printing warrants, etc. 15 50
F. W. Clark, janitor Town Hall 8 24
C. F. Clark,. distributing
warrants, etc. II 85
W. F. Paul, labor on water pipes 25 72
Levi G. Hawkes, surveying streets 45 00
Amount carried forward, 2364,69
33 00
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 2364,69
C. W. Oliver, labor on school house W. 4. 24 00
Lynn Public Water Board 16 00
Chas. F. Fife, teller 2 50
John L. Edmands, ex. labor on highways 4º 52
W. L. Gillette, attendance at library .
20 50
C. L. Davis, carrying books 6 50
M. A. Fiske 4 00
17 Evan Evans 2 51
Nov
7 J. L. Edmands, ex. labor on highways 87 OI
State of Mass., voting register 2 75
R. Y. Russell, posters 2 50
Wm H. Twiss, registrar
18 25
R. Y. Russell, printing warrants, etc.,
II 50
John Filling. janitor Town Hall
13 23
W. H. Wormsterd, bury- ing horse 10 00
C. A. Blakeley, sharpening tools 7 40
Carrelton & Merrell, grave markers 9 00
Joseph Newhall, care mon- ument grounds . 20 00
Joseph Newhall, care sold- iers' lot . · 10 00
Joseph Newhall, labor in
cemetery .
7 75
Geo. M. Amerige, insurance 33 75
J. A. Halliday, advertising hearings .
3 00
S A. Guilford, lumber for bridge 35 29
B. F. Robinson, labor, etc. 20 85
Mary A. Fiske, state aid 4 00
Amount carried forward, 2777,50
12
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 2777,50
A.D.Johnson, Col. taxes 1889 15 00
1890 44 44
،، . . . . 1891 168 00
1892 299 97
21 Wm. H. Newhall, registrar 35 50
Thos P. Nichols, voting lists 20 00
A. F. Jenkins, teller 8 00
R. Y. Russell, printing 3 25
Chas. E. Putnam, teller 8 00
A. Clark Newhall, registrar 25 00 Wm. F. Belcher, teller 8 00
Nov. 21 J. A Smith, teller 4 00
James P. Dunne, teller 4 00
Alfred F. Schsee, teller
4 00
Edward B. Kent, 4 00
Stocker & Hitchings, fuel
84 04
Geo. B. Griffin, postage
3 52
John L. Edmands, ex. labor on highways and sidewalks 280 59 A. E. Davis & Sons, trim- ming trees 92 00
C. L. Hitchings, teller 8 00
Geo. A. Learoyd, teller 8 00
Dec. 6 John Pilling, janitor Town Hall 15 84
A. D. Hitchings, teller
8 00
Charles F. Fife, teller 8 00
Frank M. Avery, repairing pump . 5 27
H. A. Nowell
9 75
Dr. E. A. L. Francois, return- ing births 3 75
Lynn Water Board, water
10 00
C. H. Bond, rent of Hall 6 00
Byron S. Hone, extra wood fires II
56
J. Wesley Paul, repairs 56 37
Joseph Newhall, labor 6 12
S. A. D. Forristall, registrar 23 50
Henry J. Mills, ballot clerk 8 00
Amount carried forward, 4076,97
13
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 4076,97
Thos. P. Nichols, voting lists 25 00
Mary A. Fiske, state aid 4 00
14 Thos. P. Parsons, moderator town meetings 25 00
Public Water Board, (Lynn) repairing hydrants .
27 95
19 H. H. Atherton, moderator 10 00
Thos. P. Nichols, voting lists 22 00 G. H. & W. A. Nichols, printing 2 00
J. M. Blaisdell, burial W. E. Gabriel . 35 00 G. W. Caswell, labor and material at Almshouse, 85 38
J. L. Edmands, extra labor on highways 40 30
31 Wm. H. Newhall, services November election . Wm. H. Newhall, stationery and Postage
15 00
2 50
Wm. H. Newhall, recording 115 births 57 50 . Wm. H. Newhall, recording 46 marriages 6 90
Wm. H. Newhall, recording 104 deaths 16 60
Geo. Parsons, keys and
paper
I 00
Martin Carnes, extra wood fires
2 50
Assessors, incidentals, 16 36
Joseph Newhall, committee on sale cemetry lots 46 24
Joseph Newhall, for gravel, 12 00
Joseph Newhall, 104 death permits IO 40
Joseph Newhall, use of team
3 00
Benj. N. Johnson, legal ser- vices, 1892 ·
234 45
J. A. Halliday, printing 2 00
Amount carried forward, 4780,05
14
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 4780,05
E. S. Kent, drain pipe 4 80
31 Joseph Whitehead, supplies Town Hall 50 13
John Flye, care of flag staff, E. S. 9 00
Dr. G. W. Gale, returning 33 births . 8 25
C. F. Clark, inspecting cows, etc.
2 45
John Pilling, janitor Town Hall
18 00
C. L. Davis, carrying books 6 00
W. F. Gillette, attendance at library
35 50
J. G. Roberts, binding books J. R. Hughes, repairs of sanitary. Town Hall ·
139 00
M. A. Fiske 4 00 ·
$5,066 53
STATE AID.
Appropriation
·
.
·
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Bragg, Elisha
$36 00
Fiske, Mary A
48 00
Gavin, Mary B
48 00
Holbrook, Annie J.
48 00
Holbrook, Charlotte
48 00
Mansfield, Abigail
24 00
Noble, William
24 00
Tremany, Mary
48 00
Wiggin, Lydia
48 00
Williams, Margaret
24 00
Ireson, David A.
36 00
Chase, Eliza J.
48 00
Wiley, Baxter I.
48 00
Moulton, Judith,
.
48 00
Penney, D. D.
48 00
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Amount carried forward, 624,00
9 35
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
624 00
Penney, Salina E.
48 00
Fawcett, Dexter H.
4 00
Fawcett, Mary P.
48 00
Harriman,
48 00
Harriman, Mrs. N. G.
24 00
Seward, Susan
24 00
Pierce, Shepard
44 00
Clarey, David
40 00
Gabriel, William E.
32 00
Prescott, Geo. W.
36 00
Upham, J. Warren
32 00
Bannon, Johanna
28 00
Middletown, H. G.
9 00
Wentworth, Benjamin A.
20 00
- - $1,061 00
(All repaid by State )
MILITARY AID.
Gibbons, Thomas .
56 00
Gabriel, William E.
10 00
Guilford, B. P.
33 00
Roots, A. B.
·
72 00
171 00
(One-half repaid by State)
1,232 00
Cash in Treasurer's hands,
7 00
$1,239 00
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation $9,500 00 Received from State School Fund 106 00
$9,606 36
.
.
.
.
16
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
ORDERS DRAWN.
Feb. I
.
·
784 97
March 7
· II39 73
April 4
.
·
689 49
May 2
932 89
June 6
· 1090 38
July 2
716 67 ·
Oct. 3
. 2007 86
Nov. 7
. I25I 84
Dec. 6.
886 17
..
31.
. 106 36
$9,606 36
WATER.
Unexpended Bal. of ap- propriation 1891.
Appropriated at March meeting
$5426 18
For laying pipes in Hor- ton and Vermont Sts. 500 00
July 20 For laving pipes in Tuttle street 200 00
For laying pipes through Stone and Elm Sts. 700 00
Oct. 5 For the laying of water pipes
5000 00
-- $11,826 18
EXPENDITURES.
May 2 Public Water Board 3 20
Oct. 18 C. L. Goodhue 5204 63
Nov. 7 C. L. Davis 2 00
Isaac K. Harris
75 00
Dec. 6 W. F. Newhall 5 80
31 Pub. Water Board, Lynn 8 15
Levi G. Hawkes, surveying 30 00
G W. Caswell, inspecting 36 00 R. Y. Russell, printing I 50
Joen T. Langford . 5872 61
-$11,238 89
For details of expenditures
see Water Commissioner's Report.
.
17
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
HIGHWAYS and BRIDGES.
Appropriations M'ch m't'g $4000 00 66 July I200 00
$5,200 00
ORDERS DRAWN.
M'ch 7 Road Commissioners 500 00
April 18
130 IO
Supt. Streets .
·
244 69
May 2
7 Road Commissioners 414 50
4 00
Supt. Streets
398 40
M. B. Faxon & Co., road machine and scrapers 21 Supt. streets
198 00
291 4I
28 60
·
.
489 3I
June 6
382 02
IÍ
337 IO
I8
288 25
July 2
218 32
20
.
358 53
Aug. I Foster & Woodbury, gravel 137 20 Supt Streets .
143 18
$5,200 00
SALEM TURNPIKE.
Appropriation
$1,000 00
EXPENDITURE.
Oct. 3 Labor and small material 321 71 8
245 62
I7
374 14
$941 47
1
.
.
.
664 99
I6
18
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
NEW PART OF CEMETERY.
Appropriation .
· ·
$500 00
EXPENDITURES.
May 2 Labor, etc. . 103 50
June 6
42 50
Sept. 6
. 6.
·
75 25
Levi G. Hawkes, surveying 23 00
Oct. 3 Labor, etc.
I28 62
Nov. 7
126 25
$499 12
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation
$100 00
EXPENDITURE.
July 2 G. A. R. Post 95 100 00
For improvement in Sanitary Arrangements of High School $200 00
EXPENDITURE.
Oct. 3 James R. Hughes .
200 00
Appropriation,
·
Searching Records for Assessors
$100 00
EXPENDITURE.
Dec. 31 Assessors
48 89
CARE OF HAY SCALES.
Appropriation, the receipts
$23 76
EXPENDITURE.
Dec. 31 W. H. Stokes, receipts to
date
.
23 76
JOHN T. PARKINS. DAMAGES.
Appropriation, John T. Parkins
·
·
$100 00
Expenditure 100 00
.
19
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
SINKING FUND.
Appropriation
$1,370 00
EXPENDITURE. Dec. 31 Sinking Fund Commis- sioners ·
1370 00
SALARIES.
Appropriation
$1,820 00
EXPENDITURES.
Town Clerk .
$75 00
Selectmen
·
350 00
Treasurer
· 350 00
Assessors
389 12
School Committee
250 00
Board of Health
75 00
Constable
30 00
Auditor
75 00
Engineers Fire Department
55 00
Overseers of Poor
.
$1,809 12
STREET LIGHTS.
Appropriation
$1,400 00
EXPENDITURES.
Charles F. Clark, January $124 52 .
February 113 15 ·
March
III 32
April
125 81 ·
May .
·
127 43
June .
127 19 .
July .
136 21 .
August
I33 30
September
135 71 .
October
54 00
November
56 00
December
56 00
$1,300 64
.
.
.
160 00
.
20
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
Appropriation
For three months at rate of $3,000 per year
. $750 00
EXPENDITURE.
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., Nov. 21 $240 60
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., Dec. 6 252 00
Lynn Gas & Electric Co., Dec. 31
252 00
$744 60
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation - -
- -
- $700 00
EXPENDITURES.
April 4 J. M. Hall, painting hy- drants etc. -
II 25
W. H. Hutchinson, paint 2 20
Stocker & Hitchings, coal 57 87 Yale & Towne M'f'g Co. I 34
Evan Evans, oil 3 IO
Mansfield & Townsend, cleaning hose - -
5 00
J. T. Pratt -
10 00
E. Stevens, use of horse 2 00
Chas. W. Amerige, rent 50 00
Chas. M. Amerige, water
19 50
May 2 Public Water Board (Lynn)
32 50
June 6 Chas. M. Amerige, rent 50 00
C. I. Hitchings and others 42 55
Sept. 6 George M. Amerige, rent
50 00
Oct. 3 C. I. Hitchings and others W. A. Pratt
2 50
3 00
W. H. Raddin . 5 00
C. H. Mansfield
50
J. F. Pratt
2 00
Oliver and Stevens, repair- ing stand pipe I OO
Stocker & Hitchings, fuel 32 48
W. H. Hutchinson, supplies 6 15
Amount carried forward, 389,94
Y
21
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, 389,94
W. Kimball, supplies 5 00
E. R. Richmond, supplies I 50 Sawyer and Chase, supplies 60 25
B. Perkins 5 03
Dec. 6 C. I. Hitchings, supplies 27 28 . George M. Amerige, rent . 50 00 George M. Amerige, water 6 00
31 Cash paid janitors 30 00 Sawyer and Chase. supplies 61 55
Paul & Marden I
50
A. B. Halverson, supplies 19 13
J. Whitehead, supplies 3 99
W. H. Kimball, supplies 75
D. Mansfield 6 00
J. W. Wheeler & Co., supplies 13 50
J. F. Dodge I 50
D. Mansfield 3 00
Stocker & Hitchings, fuel 14 00
$699 92
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Appropriation
$250 00
Dog tax for 1891
233 04 $483 04
EXPENDITURES.
April 4 DeWolfe Fiske & Co., books 96 01 W. F. Gillette 15 92
July 2 De Wolfe Fiske & Co. 105 14
W. F. Gillette 20 43
Oct. 3 DeWolfe Fisk & Co. 64 47
W. F. Gillette 16 80
Dec. 31 66 II 38
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. 164 24
$494 39
NOTE .- The last order drawn for DeWolfe, Fiske, & Co. was over drawn $11.38 making the net expen- diture for library $483.01.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
As the above appropriation was for the express purpose of purchasing new books, the sum of $202.00 has been paid out of the Selectmen's Incidentals, as follows :
April 4 J. G. Roberts & Co., bind- ing books $19 20 W. F. Gillette, attendance etc.
26 00
Rockwell & Churchill, catalogues 40 30
July 2 W. F. Gillette, attendance etc. 28 25
R. T. Russell, library slips 2 50
J. G. Roberts & Co., bind- books 2 40
D. L. Veasey, carrying
books 5 50
Oct. 3 W. F. Gillette, attendance
etc. 20 50
C. L. Davis, carrying books 12 50
Dec. 31 W. F. Gillette, attendance etc. 35 50
J. G. Roberts, binding books 9 35
$202 00
The Auditor advises that for the coming year an appropriation be made to include these incidential expenses.
Police and Enforcement of Liquor Law.
Appropriation
$1,500 00
EXPENDITURES.
Chas. F. Clark
· 124 83
Frank W. Joy
420 00 ·
G. S. Hamilton
.
252 20
Otis E. White
123 50
H. F. Hurlbert, counsel 62 00
Horace D. King
10 00
John S. Ross
7 00
Percy M. Wilson . .
20 00
Amount carried forward, $1019.53
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward.
$1019.53
Thomas Newhall .
16 25
J. L. Estes
22 00
Frank W. Clark
.
15 75
John Brierley
17 75
L. P. Stevens
30 37
Levi Florence
20 50
John Flye
.
25 75
Henry F. Fiske
33 50
C. F. Tyler
13 75
Dana B. Walker
I7 75
Citizens' Law and Order League of Mass.
10 00
D. R. atch
5 00
Loring Burrell
3 00
Joseph Newhall
2 00
Brainard Perkins
2 00
C. D. Brown
I 50
Chas. F. Fife
16 75
John P. Lovell Arms Co.
2I
36
$1294 51
Recapitulation Selectmen's Department.
Selectmen's Incidentals
$5066 53
State and Military Aid
I239 00
Schools .
9606 36
Laying Water Pipes .
II238 89
Highways and Bridges
5200 00
Salem Turnpike
941 47
New Parts Cemetery
499 12
Memorial Day . 100 00
High School Sanitary Improvement 200 00
Searching Records, Assessors 48 89
John T Parkins, Damages
100 00
Sinking Fund Commissioners
1370 00
Salaries
1809 12
. Street Lighting I300 64
Electric .
744 60
Fire Department
699 92
Free Public Library .
494 39
Police and Enforcement of
.
Liquor Law I294 5I
$41,953 44
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
In presenting the annual report of this Board, we desire to call the attention of our citizens to the changes taking place in the town, to the increasing population, requiring increased expenses, and ask them to remem- ber that the rate of taxation depends upon the appropria- tions made by their votes.
We would ask them to remember also that a prompt payment of taxes would go far towards improving our financial condition, and we regret that some of our most prominent citizens have failed to set a good example in this respect. We believe it is wise to make all our appropriations at the annual meeting, then our Assess- ors can cover everything in their estimates, and each year will take care of itself. To save making some small appropriations this board has paid out of its incidentals, bills which do not properly belong there. The plumb- ing changes in the Town Hall overrun the appropriation about $160.00, but it was a work of necessity, and we paid it. The Trustees of the Public Library contracted bills of some $200.00 which were also paid from our incidentals, but another year we would not advise the contracting of any bills to be paid out of the Selectmen's appropriation, unless with the consent of that Board.
We have reclaimed and improved the old part of the cemetery, but this has been nearly covered by the sale of lots, although the amount received does not appear to our credit while the sum expended is charged to our appropriation. The highways have drawn upon us as noted hereafter. Few years could be relied on to have
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sufficient balance to take care of such matters, and we are gratified to be able to make this showing for 1892.
The Board has endeavored to act for the best interest of the town, and every vote taken has been unanimous, a record which gives much pleasure and satisfaction to its members.
We would recommend an appropriation of $5,000 for our incidentals for 1893.
HIGHWAYS.
By vote at the annual meeting in March, the high- ways of the town came under the charge of the Select- men early in the spring. We found them in such a condition that it was a serious question where to begin. and a more serious question where to leave off.
In our choice of a superintendent we believe the town has gained a painstaking and valuable official, whose work speaks for him better than anything we can say in this report.
We started on the principle of building thoroughly. and soon found the $3,400 balance in our hands in- adequate, and even with the appropriation of $1,200, partly owing to the unusual heavy rains, causing wash- outs far in excess of previous years, we were unable to accomplish all the work originally planned. Rather than ask the town for another appropriation, we decided to pay from our incidentals sufficient to place the streets in shape for the winter.
Next year will require quite a large appropriation, there being several heavily travelled streets in a very bad condition, notably Lincoln Ave., from the square in Ward 3 to the Revere line, and from Kent's Hill to Bristow St.
We would recommend strongly the purchasing of land for gravel pits by the town, thereby making a sav-
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ing in the end of many dollars, to say nothing of the convenience. On this point we shall have some plans to present at the annual meeting.
We would recommend an appropriation of $5,000 for 1893.
SALEM TURNPIKE.
Owing to the Lynn & Boston R. R. Co. changing their tracks on this street, it was late in the year before we could commence work in this department, but the verdict of all interested has been that our Superintendent has improved this highway in a very efficient manner. We have expended $941.47, of which the county repays 75 per cent.
We recommend an appropriation of $1,000 for 1893.
STREET LIGHTS.
This is another department which has undergone a change from our methods of previous years. By vote of the town we negotiated for the introduction of the electric system, and after looking into the matter and learning from other towns and cities their experience, we concluded a contract for arc lights at $72.00 per light per year. This is the same rate paid by Swamp- scott and Nahant, and we cover more territory.
In locating the lights we endeavored to place them to the best advantage to the most people, and have con- tinued the oil lamps in places not reached by the elec- tric. To continue this plan will require an appropriation of $700 in addition to the $3000 required for the electric system.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
For a report of the business part of this department, we refer to the Chief Engineer. We regret that early
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in the spring a majority of the members of the company located in Ward 3, not satisfied with an appointment (the only one which is in the hands of this board) with- drew from the department. Complaint was made that the withdrawing members had taken property belonging to the company and the Chief was notified to order its return. This demand not being complied with, the matter was placed in the hands of the town counsel.
Members have withdrawn before but have always left property they had used for their successors, and we see no reason why one member should have different rights from another. Among the articles taken were a banner and uniforms presented to the company soon after its formation, articles certainly of no value to individuals.
Since the close of the year the town has been visited by the severest fire in its history, and as it occurred so near the year 1892, we desire to include it in this report. The work performed by our fire department at the burn- ing of Chatfield block was of the highest quality, the members of Hose 2 fighting manfully and well, and those of Hose I and 3 ably lending their aid and prov- ing that, notwithstanding some unkind and unwarranted criticisms, the men of our fire department can be de- pended on for honest, steady work. We would also speak in the highest terms of the assistance rendered by the Lynn Fire Department and by many of the former members of Hose 2 and citizens. The courtesy of the Lynn Department in promptly replying to our call for assistance was most gratifying to this board and to the town.
Our department has many needs, chief of which is a proper fire alarm system connecting the three villages. We also need more hose, a ladder truck, and many smaller accessories, such as poles, and implements for
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