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TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
SAU
OWN . OF
1629-09
815
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1926
LOCAL HISTORY Ref. 352 Saugus v. 38
TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED AND TENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBERY31, 1925 295 Central St. Saugus, MA 01906
OF.S AU
162.9
1815.
LYNN, MASS. FRANK S. WHITTEN, PRINTER 1926
INDEX
Report of Departments and Committees
Page
Annual Town Meeting
24
Appointed Town Officers
7
Assessors
179
Board of Engineers (Fire Department) .
173
Board of Health
184
Building Inspector .
186
Cemetery Commission
178
Chief of Police
169
Collector
181
Elected Town Officers
5
Inspector of Cattle and Milk
185
Inspector of Plumbing
185
Janitor
187
. Library Trustees Report
177
Public Works
*165
Planning Board
. 115-161
Overseers of the Poor
175
Selectmen
11I
Statistics of the Town
188
Town Clerk
182
Financial Departments
Accountant's Report
54-89
Accountant's Department
60
Agency and Trust
77
Assessors' Department
61
Balance Sheet
81
Cemetery
75-76
Collector's Department
61
Collection of Ashes and Garbage
67
Education
7 1
Election and Registration
62
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital
73
Expenditures
60
Extension of Streets
68-69
Finance Committee
162
Fire Department
64
Grading American Legion Lot
73
Gypsy Moth Extermination
65
Health and Sanitation
66-67
Highways
67
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INDEX
Inspector of Buildings
65
Inspector of Milk and Cattle
67
Insurance
74
Interest
77
Law Department
62
Libraries
72
Licenses
55
Memorial Day .
73
Municipal Indebtedness
77
Outstanding Bonds
83
Overseers of Poor
175
Permanent Construction, Lincoln Avenue
68
Permanent Construction, Walnut Street
68
Planning Board
62
Plumbing Inspector
67
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
73
Police Department
167-172
Public Grounds
75
Public Works Department Administration
63
Receipts
54-59
Reconstruction of Cleveland Avenue
69
Reconstruction of Howard and Main Streets
Refunds and Transfers
Registration, Town Notes
61
School Report following Page 188
Sealer of Weights and Measures
65
Selectmen's Department
III
Sidewalks
68
Soldiers' Benefits
56
Street Lighting
69
Summerized Statement Appropriation Balances
Tax Title Department
61
Taxes
54
Town Clerk
62
Town Farm
70
Town Hall
63
Treasurer's Department
61
Trial Balance
79
Trust Funds
90-110
Unclassified
73
Vital Statistics
67
Water Department
. 57
Wiring Town Hall
73
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47-53
Snow and Ice
67
Special Town Meeting
79
Tree Warden
66
69
58
Elected Town Officers, 1925
Town Clerk
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1926
Selectmen
Vernon W. Evans, Chairman Term expires March, 1926
Harold E. Dodge
66 1926
C. F. Nelson Pratt
66
1926
Assessors
Lewis J. Austin, Chairman · Term expires March, 1927
Edwin K. Hayden
1926
Daniel B. Willis
.
66
1928
Overseers of the Poor
George H. Ames, Chairman Term expires March, 1926
Ernest M. Hatch .
1926
Evan Evans
.
1926
Treasurer
Granville A. Clark .
Term expires March, 1926
Constable
W. Charles Sellick
Term expires March, 1926
Collector of Taxes
Henry A. Parker
Term expires March, 1926
Trustees of Public Library
John B. Lang, Chairman Term expires March, 1928
Felix H. Widell
66
1926
Russell B. Kennedy
66 1926
Walter D. Blossom .
66 1927
William A. Bradford
66
1927
John Husler
66
66
1928
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Board of Health
Charles E. Light, Chairman
Term expires March, 1927
George W. Gale
1928
Tom D. Emmett
.
60 1926
School Committee
Mortimer H. Mellen, Chairman,
Term expires March, 1926
Benjamin Q. Belonga
1927
Francis M. Hill
1927
Mabel L. Carter
66
66
1928
Welcome W. Mccullough
66
66 1928
Cemetery Commissioners
Benjamin F. Fullerton, Chairman, Term expires March, 1926
William E. Ludden
66 1927
W. George Greenlay
66
1928
Tree Warden
Thomas E. Berrett . Term expires March, 1926
Planning Board
George H. Mason, Chairman . Term expires March, 1926
Frank M. Ramsdell
1926
Chester S. Nickerson
1927
Charles N. Wormstead
66 66
1927
Charles B. Pugsley .
66 66 1928
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS.
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Appointed Town Officers, 1925
Town Accountant
Edward Gibbs
Term expires August 1, 1926
Finance Committee
Harry Woodward, Chairman
Term expires December, 1926
66
1926
Charles W. Gibbs
1926
Herbert P. Mason
1927
Ernest F. Tarbox
66
1927
George E. Sprague .
·
66
1928
Henry A. Mccullough
1928
Forest Warden Mellen R. Joy.
Keeper of Lockup Roland L. Mansfield.
Matron of Lockup Elizabeth M. Collings.
Superintendent of Public Works William J. Lumbert.
Superintendent of Schools Jesse W. Lambert.
Superintendent of Cemetery Charles E. Light.
Pound Keeper Charles D. Felch.
Field Driver Willie M. Penney.
Harry W. Merrill
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Measurer, of Wood and Bark Frank H. Coburn.
Fence Viewer Frank H. Coburn.
Board of Registrars
J. Wesley Paul, Chairman
Term expires 1928
Henry A. Parker
1926
Leon B. Wade
66
1926
Vincent G. Pendleton
.
Sealer of Weights and Measures Albert H. Woodward.
Cattle and Milk Inspector Arthur W. Sawyer.
Public Weighers
Crawford H. Stocker. Nelson R. Stiles
Burial Agent Benjamin F. Fullerton.
Inspector of Plumbing Thomas C. Sutherst.
Inspector of Buildings Daniel B. Willis.
Janitor of Town Hall Justin E. Mansfield.
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66
1927
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, SS.
March 2, 1925. To W. Charles Sellick, Constablo 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 sev- eral voting precincts in the town on Monday, March second, A. D., nineteen hundred and twenty-five, at twelve o'clock M. then and there to bring in their ballot to the Wardens for the following Town Officers :
Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, Tree Warden, one Trustee of Public Library for one year, one Assessor, one member of Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, two members of School Committee, two Trustees of Public Library, one member of Planning Board, for three years.
Also to appear at the Town Hall on Monday evening, March ninth, A. D., nineteen hundred and twenty-five, 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 and act on reports of Committees.
ART. 3. To see what sums of money the town will appropriate and raise by taxation for Town Charges and for any other pur- pose for which the town may lawfully expend money.
ART. 4. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in antici- pation of the revenue of the current financial year.
ART. 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer,'with the approval of the Selectmen, to refund any or all
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of revenue notes issued for less than one year, in accordance with provisions of Section 17 of Chapter 44, of the General Laws; any debt so incurred to be paid from the revenue of 1925.
ART. 6. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2,335.81, being the portion of the net expense so incurred and apportioned by the County Commissioners upon the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus for the care, maintenance and repairs of Hospital for the care of persons suffering from Tuberculosis, for the year 1924. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to use a sum of money received from the County Commissioners as the town's portion of the reimbursement from the Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital District payment and a sum from the surplus account of the town, said sums aggre- gating $24,000, to pay the note or notes of the town issued in anticipation of a serial bond issue authorized by the Town of Saugus at its annual meeting of 1924, or to take any action in relation thereto ; said note or notes maturing on the fourth day of May, 1925. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $6,000 to pay the note or notes of the town issued in anticipation of a serial bond issue of the Essex County Tuber- culosis District by vote of the annual meeting of 1924, said note or notes maturing May 4, 1925. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 9. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $9,000 for the installing of White Way Lamps in the following squares, viz. : Cliftondale, Monument and Franklin, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Select- men.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to make a contract with the Lynn Gas and Electric Company for street lighting or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. II. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum not to exceed $3,000 for the purpose of purchasing and con- necting with the fire alarm system a compressed air whistle and compressor plant, the same to be purchased and by and in-
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stalled under the direction of the Board of Fire Engineers, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Fire Engineers.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the School Committee to abolish the manual training department of the Saugus School system, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to instruct the School Committee to abolish all branches of the domestic science de- partment of the Saugus School system except sewing to be taught in grades eight and nine, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to instruct the School Committee to secure the right of use of the Franklin Drawing Course, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to instruct the School Committee to abolish the Junior High School system, so called, of the Saugus School system and to substitute therefor an ele- mentary grade system of eight grades and a high school system of four grades, which system is commonly known as the eight- four plan, or to see what action the town will take in the mat- ter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum not to exceed eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) for the purpose of erecting upon the Lincoln school lot and such adjoining land as may be acquired by the town an elementary eight-room school house and to provide the same with new and original equipment, or to see what action the town will take in the mat- ter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five citizens, one of whom shall be a member of the School Committee, to have full charge of all matters relating to the construction of an elementary eight-room school house on the Lincoln School property and such adjoining land as may be
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acquired by the town and to provide all new and original equip- ment for said building, and said committee shall have full authority to bind the town in all contracts and obligations in a sum not to exceed eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) which they may deem necessary and expedient to enter into in connec- tion with said work, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction the building situated on Lincoln avenue on what is commonly known as the Lincoln School property and which building is commonly known as the Lincoln School, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to acquire by right of eminent domain the land and buildings adjoining the Lincoln School property on the easterly side of said property, these properties being described as follows, (1) land with the buildings thereon, situate on Lincoln avenue and commonly known as numbers 260-262, now or formerly owned by George H. Bruce, and (2) land with the buildings thereon, situate on Baker street and commonly known as number 5, now or formerly owned by Jennie L. Shaw, and to appropriate therefor the sum of $7,500, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agree- able to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to authorize and direct the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction the buildings on land adjoining the Lincoln School property, which buildings constitute a part of the estate known as the Bruce estate, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of School Investigating Committee.
ART. 21. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $8,000 to be spent at the Oaklandvale School, for the purpose of finishing two rooms on the first floor, and building an addi- tion to the southwesterly corner for an entrance, stairway, coat rooms, toilets, and teachers' room, according to plan offered by the Oaklandvale Improvement Association, on petition of Ellery E. Metcalf and others.
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ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to purchase for school house purposes the following described parcel of land situated on Fairmount avenue ; Southwesterly by Vinegar Hill, 75 feet ; Northwesterly by lot No. 291, 67.21 feet ; Northeasterly by lots No. 505-506-507, 75 feet ; Southeasterly by lot No. 287, 68.88 feet ; containing 5,112 square feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter agreeable to the petition of Rosanna Gautreau and others.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $312.50 for the purpose of purchasing land for school house purposes described in Article 22 in this warrant, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Rosanna Gautreau and others.
ART. 24. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,100 for the purpose of making a preliminary survey of the town to ascertain the possibilities of a sewerage system, said sum to be expended and such survey to be made under the direction of the Planning Board, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of George H. Mason and others.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to instruct all depart- ments, that sealed bids shall be called for, on all contracts entered into by the town, where the sum of money involved exceeds $50 on any one contract, or to see what action the town will take in the matter,'agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
ART. 26. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of installing new plumbing, interior painting, new stage curtain and making other interior repairs in the Town Hall. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,400 for the purpose of purchasing Stackpole's Field, so called, for playground purposes, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to purchase for play- ground purposes for the sum of $2,400 the following described parcels of land, viz : A parcel of land beginning about two
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hundred and sixty-two (262) feet from the corner of Appleton street and running southerly by Summer street, fifty (50) feet ; thence Westerly by land of Emma B. Keith about one hundred and thirty-three (133) feet ; thence Northerly by Lot No. 2 herein described, fifty (50) feet; thence easterly by land of Emma B. Keith about one hundred and thirty-four (134) feet.
Also a parcel of land beginning about one hundred and forty- five (145) feet from the junction of Summer and Appleton streets and running Southerly along a stone wall by land of Emma B. Keith about four hundred and twelve (412) feet; thence West- erly along a stone wall by land now or late of the Portsmouth Trust and Guaranty Co., about three hundred and nineteen (319) feet ; thence Northerly by land of Taylor one hundred (100) feet ; thence Westerly by land of Taylor about seventy (70) feet ; thence Northerly by land of Taylor and Rogers about two hundred and ninety-five (295) feet; thence Easterly by Appleton street about four hundred and four (404) feet to point of beginning, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 29. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a strip of land 10 feet wide on the Northerly side of the lot upon which the American Legion Building is situated on Lincoln avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Charles M. Smith and others.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $600 for lowering the drain pipes on Washington avenue in that part of Saugus called Lynnhurst, and connect thru blind drain to land on either side to prevent water to enter the cellars of residents from the street, or to see what action the town will ·ake in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 31. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of installing a draining system near the corner of Ballard street and Spencer avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Harry Woodward and others.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $250 to install fire hydrants located as follows : one at corner of Pearl road and Central street, and one on Central street near No. 94, or to see what action the town will take in the
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matter, agreeable to the petition of George E. Spurling and others.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $125 to install fire hydrant on Churchill street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Daniel B. Murphy and others.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,800 for the erection of an Honor Roll to commemo- rate the services of persons from Saugus who served in the World War, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, or of a committee to be appointed by the Moderator, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 35. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $550 for the purpose of placing shrubbery on, and a concrete curbing around, the "American Legion Lot" in Riverside Ceme- tery ; the same to be expended under the direction of the Ceme- tery Commissioners, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to petition the State Department of Public Works for the loan of one State truck and two plows for snow removal in the Town of Saugus, during the winter of 1925-1926, agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
ART. 37. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $2,500 to buy a truck for the water department, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 38. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $4,335 to buy a five ton 1925 model tractor, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 39. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,050 to buy a snow plow for the tractor, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 40. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the purpose of constructing a Municipal heated
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garage, on land owned by the town, at rear of Town Hall, for the storage and housing of machines, apparatus and equipment owned by the town and to provide a workshop for Public Works Department, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of C. F. Nelson Pratt and others.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $200 to be used for the removal of elm trees from the sidewalk at 56 Essex street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of A. F. Maudant and others.
ART. 42. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the town to accept as a gift, from First Parish Church, Universalist, the First Parish Burial ground at the corner of Main and Central streets, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Nathalie B. Upton and others.
ART. 43. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to make a contract with the City of Lynn for a water supply, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 256, Sec- tion 7, of the Acts of 1883, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 391, Acts of 1923, of the Legislature of Massachusetts of the year 1923, entitled "An act relative to the collection of water rates," or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 45. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,200 to buy an Air Compressor and equipment, or to see what action the town will take in the matter. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $600 to extend the water pipe on Walden avenue about 200 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of John H. Jacobs and others.
ART. 47. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $500 for the extension of water pipe from Central street thru
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Walnut street about 465 feet, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Rosella M. Crosby and others.
ART. 48. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the extension of water main on Ballard street for the distance of about 400 feet easterly, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Frank E. Smith and others.
ART. 49. To see if the town will vote to install a 6-inch water main as follows : about 470 feet on Fairmount avenue ; about 890 feet on Wonderland avenue; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $3,000, agreeable to the petition of Arthur W. Christie and others.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,800, to lay about 2, 150 feet of water pipe on Saville, Holland, Clark, Bridge, Mccullough, Fairview streets, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of William O. Calder and others.
ART. 51. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $4,000 for the laying of a water main .2,000 feet from the junction of Broadway and Main street, northerly on Broad- way, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Sanford Hislop and others.
ART. 52. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $6,500, for the laying of about 2,950 feet of water pipe on Great Woods road and Hobson street, connecting with Chase avenue and the main pipe on Walnut street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Richard T. Pugh and others.
ART. 53. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500 for the laying of water main on Burrill street, about 700 feet northerly from Hesper street, and connecting the same to the water main now on Hesper street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Thomas W. Leopold and others.
ART. 54. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,500 for extension of water main on Howard street, or to see
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what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ellery E. Metcalf and others.
ART. 55. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,500 for extension of water main on Main street, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Ellery E. Metcalf and others.
ART. 56. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,500 for the extension of water main on Ruby road from Sapphire road to Beacham avenue, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Thomas W. Fielding and others.
ART. 57. To see if the town will vote to install a water main as follows :- 150 feet on Sylvan street ; 650 feet on Oak- wood avenue ; and to appropriate therefor the sum of $2,000, agreeable to the petition of Frederick H. Griswold and others.
ART. 58. To see if the town will accept as a gift, a con- veyance from Cliftondale Recreation Park, Inc., of the real estate of said corporation within the town limits for purposes of a public playground, and to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen on behalf of the town to accept a deed of said real estate, or to see what action the town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of Benjamin Q. Belonga and others.
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