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Auditor's Annual Report
FOR THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
TOGETHER WITH THE
Report of School Committee
For the Year Ending December 31, 1911
SAUG
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LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1912
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v.24
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SAUGUS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 191I
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER
1912
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Index to Auditor's Report.
Annual Reports.
PAGE
Appraisers of Town Property
292
Assessors
177
Auditor
II
Board of Health
186
Cemetery Commissioners
225 181
Chief of Police
Engineers of Fire Department
233
Finance Committee .
161
Inspector of Animals
232
Inspector of Plumbing
194 227 231
Janitor
Librarian .
Sealer Weights and Measures
230
Sinking Fund Commissioners
274
Superintendent of Streets
222
Superintendent of Cemetery
229 73
Treasurer .
257 273
Tree Warden
226
Trust Funds for Cemetery
254
Trustees Free Public Library .
195
Water Commissioners' Report
200
Appropriations and Expenditures.
Appropriations for 1911
5g
Automobile, Chemical
134
Assessors' Department
150
Band Concerts
160
Board of Health
135
Cemetery .
15I
Collector of Taxes
143
Concreting Sidewalks
158
East Saugus Schoolhouse
IOS
Elm Tree Beetle
141
Fire Alarm Box, Central street and Beach wood avenue
134
Fire Alarm System .
133
Fire Department
125
Fire Hydrant Service
135
Inspector of Buildings
Town Clerk
Treasurer of Water Department
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INDEX
PAGE.
Firemen's Salaries .
131
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
140
Heating and Ventilating Essex Street Schoolhouse
114
Highways and Bridges
114
Highways and Bridges acct. of Street R. R. and Excise Tax Insurance on Town Buildings
Keeper of Lockup
Memorial Day .
124 159 114
New Toilet for Chestnut Street Schoolhouse .
Oiling Streets .
124
Overseers' Department
281 124
Police
Public Buildings and Grounds
154
Public Library
160
Repairs Interior of School Building
109
Salaries
161 284
Schools
107
Selectmen's Incidentals
Sinking Fund .
Small Town Act for Highways
92 160 123
Soldiers' Relief
106
State and Military Aids
106
Street Lighting
125
Steel Fixtures for Assessors' Vault
151
Tree Warden
145
Water Extension
148
Water Maintenance .
148
Water Extension North Saugus
146
Water Extension Broadway North Spring Street
147
Water Extension Appleton Street .
147
Miscellaneous.
Annual Town Meeting
13
Collector's Department, Clarence Coates, Collector
276
Collector's Department, Henry A. Parker, Collector
278
List of Unpaid Taxes
295
Recapitulation of Selectmen's Department
162
Special Town Meeting, September 7, 1911
49
State Election, November 7
67
Statement of Condition of Town
263
Statement of Town Debt
265
Tax Title Account .
241
Town Officers for 1909
5-6-7-8-9-10
266
Statistics of Town
118
157
Saugus Home Account
Elected Town Officers, 1911.
Town Clerk.
Henry A. Parker Term expires March, 1912
Selectmen.
John H. Parker, Chairman Term expires March, 1912
George Quarmby .
1912
Henry F. Fiske .
1912
Assessors.
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman .
Term expires March, 1912
Horace H. Atherton ·
1913
Ernest L. Noera .
.
66 1914
Overseers of the Poor.
George H. Ames, Chairman Term expires March, 1912
Charles W. Bailey ·
66 1912
Arthur C. Clark
.
66
1912
Treasurer.
Joseph S. Meacom
Term expires March, 1912
Auditor.
George Parsons Term expires March, 1912
Constable.
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1912
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Herbert B. Newhall, Chairman .
Term expires March, 1913
William F. Belcher .
19.2
Herbert O. Pratt
1914
Trustees of Public Library.
Levi G. Hawkes, Chairman
Term expires March, 1912
1912
Earl L. Gaylor
٠٠
1913
George A. Learoyd
.
.. 1913
Ernest L. Edmands
.
1913
Clara J. Calley
٠٠ ٠٠ 1914
Board of Health.
George W. Gale, Chairman Term expires March, 1913
William F. Belcher .
.. 1912
Tom D. Emmett
٠٠ 66 1914
Water Commissioners.
Herbert E. Dodge, Chairman Term expires March, 1914
Charles Florence
. . .. 1912
Robert T. Allen
.
66 .6 66 1913
School Committee.
Harry T. Turner, Chairman Term expires March, 1913
Frank P. Bennett, Jr., resigned
1912
Horace H. Atherton, Jr., appointed to fill unexpired term.
Joseph L. McCullough Term expires March, 1914
Cemetery Commissioners.
Horace H. Atherton, Chairman . Term expires March, 1913
William E. Ludden .
66 1912
Joseph S. Meacom.
1914
Tree Warden.
Thomas E. Berrett
Term expires March, 1912
Ernest W. Homan
·
،،
.
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Finance Committee.
William H. Small, Chairman
Term expires March, 1913
Dana B. H. Walker .
1914
Alvah J. Shepherd .
6 .
1914
Fred C. Newhall
.6 1912
Walter Sprague
1912
Edgar E. Chapman
..
1912
Walter L. C. Niles
66 1914
J. George Smith
66
1913
Evan Evans, Jr.
٠٠
٠،
1912
Herbert G. Hatch
. .
66
1913
Fence Viewers.
Christopher C. Merrithew . ·
Term expires March, 1912
Frederic Stocker .
.
1912
William F. Paul .
·
66 1912
Appointed Town Officers, 191I.
Clerk of Selectmen. Henry A Parker.
Clerk of Assessors. Annie M. Biffin.
Town Counsel .. William E. Ludden.
Regular Police Under Civil Service. Charles O. Thompson, Chief. Roland L. Mansfield, Captain. Frank W. Joy, James P. Sullivan, Clarence H. Berrett.
Special Police.
Timothy J. Bannon Willie M. Penney, Joseph P. Devine, Justin E. Mansfield, Henry N. Williams, Arthur C. Clark, Charles F. Clark, Charles O. Popp, Thomas C. Sutherst, Christopher C. Merrithew, W. Charles Sellick, Arthur B. Mansfield. Benjamin F. Robinson. Carl F. Koch.
Peter A. Flaherty, Morrin A. Hazel, John P. Chesley, George W. Parker, Charles L. Davis, James W. Rea, Frank M. Symonds, James F. Pratt, Howard P. McAdoo, Samuel C. Maddox, Charles W. Willey, Philip Ward, George W. Jeffrey, John T. Stuart.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Engineer. Clayton W. Rees, Chief.
Forest Warden. Ole C. Christiansen.
Keeper of Lock-up Justin E. Mansfield.
Matron of Lock-up. Elizabeth Mansfield.
Superintendent of Streets. Daniel A. Parker.
Superintendent of Schools. William F. Sims.
Superintendent of Cemetery. Charles L. Davis.
Pound Keeper. Carl F. Koch.
Field Drivers.
Peter J. Flaherty, Thomas E. Berrett. Frederic Stocker.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
Herbert O. Pratt, J. George Smith. Frank H. Coburn.
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
Board of Registrars.
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires, 1913 66
Peter J. Flaherty
.
·
1912
Daniel S. Bannon · .
.
1914
Henry A. Parker
.
1912
Scaler of Weights and Measures. James F. Pratt.
Cattle and Milk Inspector. Arthur W. Sawyer.
Public Weigher. Justin E. Mansfield.
Burial Agent. Charles I .. Davis.
Inspector of Plumbing. Thomas C. Sutherst.
Inspector of Buildings. Daniel B. Willis.
Auditor's Report.
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus :
In presenting the annual report for the year 1911 to my fellow citizens for their examination and approval, I trust every citizen of the Town will give it a most careful examination, so that at the coming Town Meeting which promises to be one of the most important ever held, they will be prepared to act upon all the articles coming before them with that degree of intelligence and discretion that the affairs or the Town seem to demand while under the highest tax rate in its history.
The Assessors for some years have assessed an overlay of $3,000 which is supposed to take care of the abatements, but it is not enough the abatements last year amounting to $4,336.94, and I recommend that this amount be increased this year to $4,400.
You will notice that the Finance Committee recommend that the Selectmen's Incidentals be divided this year into five different appropriations which I think would be a step in the wrong direc- tion, as at the close of the year, we should have just so many more unexpended balances or overruns to contend with, whereas, under the present system, if one of these appropriations (if made ) became exhausted, the Selectmen could apply any unexpended balance, if any existed, from any of the other appropriations. It certainly would make no difference in the end and would save both the Selectmen and the Auditor much labor.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
The same may apply to the Highways' and Bridges' account where it is proposed to divide it into two departments, viz : Highways and Bridges and the removal of snow and sanding. How is any one to know what it is going to cost the present or any year for the removal of snow and sanding? It may cost $500 or it may cost $2,500 in which case we may have a large unexpended balance or a large overrun, and as the removal of snow is certainly a part of keeping the highways in good con- dition, and if the cost of the removal of snow and sanding should be more than the amount recommended, the balance could be met from the Highways or vice versa, and as the amount of street railroad and . Excise Tax this past year was cut down about $1,100, it would seem that every dollar appropriated for this department could be spent upon the highways, if not required for the removal of snow, and would not be too much to keep them in as good condition as they should be.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE PARSONS, Auditor.
SAUGUS, February 12, 1912.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus : GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the several voting precincts in the Town on Monday, March Sixth, A. D. 1911, at 5.45 o'clock A. M., then and there to bring in their ballots to the Wardens for the following Town officers :
Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Treasurer, Auditor, Constable, Collector of Taxes, Tree Warden, three Fence Viewers, one Finance Committee, for one year; one Assessor, one Sinking Fund Commissioner, one Trustee of Public Library, one Board of Health, one Water Commissioner, one School Committee, one Cemetery Commis- sioner, three Finance Committee, for three years ; three Finance Committee, for two years. Also your " Yes " or " No " to the following question : Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town for the ensuing year ?
Also to appear at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March thirteenth A. D., nineteen hundred and eleven, at eight o'clock, to hear and act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear reports of Committees.
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ART. 3. To choose all other Town Officers, which Towns are, by law, required to choose in the months of March and April annually.
ART. 4. To revise the Jury List.
ART. 5. To see what action the Town will take in relation to charging interest or making a discount on taxes assessed dur- ing the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To make an appropriation and raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 7. To see what action the Town will take in the mat- ter of fixing the compensation of any or all Town Officers, and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. S. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the cur- rent municipal year beginning March sixth, 1911, in anticipa- tion of the taxes for said municipal year such sums of money as may be necessary to meet the current expenses of the Town, giving the note or notes of the Town therefor.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to borrow a sum of money not to exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and issue notes or bonds of the Town thereof, the proceeds to be used for constructing a Fire Engine House and acquiring land for a site therefor ; the said site and building to be located at the northwest corner of Adams avenue and Central street, or as near that location as possible, in conformity to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the purchase of a Hook and Ladder Truck with two thirty gallon chemical tanks and all regular equipments on the same, agreeable to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
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ART. II. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) for the purchase of four horses for the Fire Department, the same to be placed and kept at the Central Fire House except when employed on the Highway or at Fires, agreeable to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to purchase an Automobile Combination Chemical and Hose with two Ladders, at an expense not exeeeding five thousand five hundred dollars, ($5,500) or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Walter C. Perkins and others.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars, ($1,000) for re-wiring the Fire Alarm System where needed and any other repairs necessary for the perfecting of the System, agreeable to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the salaries of two perma- nent and twenty-four call Firemen, agreeable to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Mod- erator to appoint a Committee of five to build a Fire House, with full authority to purchase land therefor, to make contracts in the name of the Town, and do all other Acts necessary to build, furnish and complete the same, as called for under Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept an Act of the Legislature of Massachusetts of the year 1911, entitled " An Act to establish the office of Water Commissioners for the Town of Saugus."
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Water Commissioners
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of the Town of Saugus to issue bonds of an amount not exceed- ing seven thousand dollars ($7,000) by virtue of and in accord- ance with an Act of the Legislature of Massachusetts of 1911, entitled, " An Act to establish the office of Water Commission- ers for the Town of Saugus," or to see what action the Town will take in the matter. agreeable to the petition of Herbert E. Dodge and others.
ART. IS. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to make water loans for the extension of the water system, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to make a water loan not to exceed two thousand dollars, ($2,000) for the laying of a six inch water pipe on Clinton avenue and Westford street, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frank J. Grossheim and others.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will authorize and direct the Water Board to lay a six inch water pipe from the junction of Winter street and Clinton avenue, precinct 1, along Clinton avenue to the junction of Westford street and Westland avenue, a total distance of 1.597 feet, more or less, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frank J. Grossheim and others.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for the purpose of laying a six inch water pipe from Spring street, northerly, on Broadway fifteen hundred feet. The same to be paid for from the unexpended balance of the 1910 water loan, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of James W. Burnett and others.
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ART. 22. To see if the Town will make a water loan, not exceeding $1,800, for the laying of water pipes on Appleton street, from Central to Summer streets, agreeable to the petition of Charles L. Pilling and others, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to lay a water main from the point where the water main now is opposite the resi- dence of William England on Clifton avenue, through Clifton avenue to Western avenue, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Peter A. Musick and others.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred and seventy-five dollars ($1,775) for the suppression of the Elm Leaf Beetle, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Thomas E. Berrett and others.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $600 for the purpose of exterminating the Elm Tree Beetle, so- called, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Horace H. Atherton, Jr., and others.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500) for the grading of Main street from Mitchell's corner to the Wakefield line, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeeble to the petition of Frederick S. Mitchell and others.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300) for eight Band Concerts to be given by the Saugus Brass Band, two at Saugus Center, two at Cliftondale, two at East Saugus, and two at North Saugus, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Edmond M. Porter and others.
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ART. 28. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand, two hundred and fifty dollars for the installation of a heating and ventilating plant in the Essex street School, the work to be done under the supervision of the School Com- mittee, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frank P. Bennett, Jr., and others.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote of Article 37 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 14, 1910, whereby the Town voted to appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars for grading a part of Central and Main streets, under the provision known as the " Small Town Act " on con- dition that the State pays a like amount to the Town during the year 1910 for said grading, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
AART. 30. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200) for the grading of a part of Central and Main streets, under the provision known as the " Small Town Act" on condition that the State pays a like amount to the Town, agreeable to the petition of Charles N. Wormstead and others.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse Rich- ard Johnston the sum of sixty five dollars ($65) for laying water pipe on Grove street, from Maple street, a distance of one hundred and sixty feet, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Richard Johns- ton and others.
ART. 32. To see what action the Town will take in relation to Street Lighting, and make an appropriation therefor.
ART. 33. To see what compensation the Town will give the Collector for collecting the taxes of 1911, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ART. 34. To see if the Town will make an appropriation from which to pay commissions for all taxes collected during the year 191I.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for oiling streets in accordance with Chapter 186, Section I, of the Acts of 1895 as accepted by the Town, agreeable to the petition of John H. Parker and others.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the care of Riverside Cemetery, the same to be expended under the direction of the Cemetery Commissioners, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400) for steel fixtures, to be installed in the vault of the Board of Assessors according to Statutes, same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Assessors, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreea- ble to the petition of Ernest L. Noera and others.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of four hundred ($400) for the purpose of preparing and printing a valuation book for the year 1911, same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Assessors, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ernest L. Noera and others.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum not to exceed $600 as a fixed salary for the Building Inspector for his performances of duties during the year 1911, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the peti- tion of E. L. Noera and others.
ART. 40. To see is the Town will vote to employ none but citizens of the United States, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ART. 41. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $175 for the purpose of installing a fire alarm box on Central street, at the corner of Birchwood avenue, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Napoleon E. Hebert and others.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for the purpose of certification of Town notes for the year 1911 or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Joseph S. Meacom and others.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Town Counsel, or see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Henry F. Fiske and others.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to investigate the advisability of purchasing and grading the lot in the rear of the Felton School and to make an appropriation for same, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Henry F. Fiske and others.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the inspection of Plumbing, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of George Quarmby and others.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred and seventy-five ($175) for the building of a side- walk for a distance of 200 feet along the westerly side of Lin- coln avenue, where George E. Haskell and others are abutters, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreea- ble to the petition of Charles Florence and others.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars ($275) for the observance of Memorial Day, the same to be expended under the supervis- ion of Post 95, G. A. R., or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ART. 48. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for concrete sidewalks, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for repairs on Town Buildings and Grounds.
ART. 50. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) for Tree Warden, or see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 51. To see if the Town will make an appropriation to defray the expense of the Lock-up.
ART. 52. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for Hydrant Service, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 53. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the maintenance of its water system, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 54. To see if the Town will make an appropriation not exceeding two thousand two hundred and four dollars and twenty cents ($2,204.20) for the extermination of the Brown Tail and Gypsy Moth, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 55. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) on account of the Sinking Fund for pay- ment of the notes borrowed for the Cliftondale School Loan " New " or see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 56. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for repairs to the interior of the schoolhouses, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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ART. 57. To see if the Town will make an appropriation with the dog tax and receipts of the Library for the use of the Public Library, the same to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the aforesaid Library, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 58. To see if the Town will make an appropriation of five hundred dollars ($500) for the extension of 1, 100 feet of four-inch water pipe from the present pipe on Beachview avenue through Beachview park, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Jean Blanc and others.
ART. 59. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to locate incandescent lights in the following places, and make an appropriation therefor, viz. : One in Fairmount place, one on Bristow street about one hundred yards from Lincoln avenue, two on Bristow street between the Salem Turnpike and Beech- wood avenue, or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
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